Rahm Emanuel’s Social Media Presence
RAHM.COM: Twitter feeds, Facebook posts, Foursquare check-ins, oh, my! Why Rahm loves social media
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Week 29: A Word About Poop
It’s common knowledge that for new parents, everything revolves around poo and pee. It’s all we talk about and think about—every joke and every riddle and song. You don’t even want to know about my dreams. We spend a lot of time trying to keep our kids from engaging in Potty Talk, because it’s impolite and gross—but for those of you without offspring…
Scrubbing Pots and Pans—Blagojevich Comes Full Circle
Former Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich, behind bars for almost six weeks now, is washing pots and pans six days a week at the Englewood Federal Correctional Center in Colorado, according to Fox News’s Larry Yellin, who interviewed Blago’s former lawyers at the prison gate Sunday. After 90 days of pots and pans detail, Yellin reports, Blago will be teaching…
Past Summits: A Scorecard
The mayor's NATO point person, Lori Healey, estimates the Chicago summit cost at $55 million, much of which the federal government will likely cover. The scope of the protests is harder to predict. But a look back at recent international gatherings might provide some clues. RELATED: Everything you need to know about NATO » … Read more
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Athleta Store Opening Preview Party
April 3, 2012–Athleta hosted a special evening of shopping and fun to celebrate the opening of its Southport store. Athleta offers the ultimate performance apparel in sweet, feminine designs for every active woman.
Addressing the Realpolitik: Facts Are Still Stubborn Things
The facts, reports Rex Huppke, are dead: “survived by two brothers, Rumor and Innuendo, and a sister, Emphatic Assertion.” We have a sense of who killed them, but what’s the motive?
Nicolas Sarkozy and Rahm Emanuel: Separated at Birth?
If Nicolas Sarkozy survives the first-round vote this Sunday, and if he wins the runoff election on May 6th, we could see him standing together with Rahm Emanuel at the NATO summit in Chicago, one month from today. It’s interesting to observe the strong personality similarities between Sarkozy, the son of a Hungarian immigrant and former mayor of Neuilly-sur-Seine, and Emanuel, the son of an Israeli immigrant…
George Zimmerman, Trayvon Martin, Gated Communities, and Fear
The shooting of Trayvon Martin, and the mystery that surrounds it, have brought back the issue of still-novel gated communities and the possibility they instill fear in their residents. But they’re more a symptom than a cause, and not so different from the rest of America.