Invenergy Founder Michael Polsky on Alternative Energy, Enterpreneurship, and More
WHAT I WAS THINKING: Michael Polsky, 61, founder of Invenergy, one of the nation’s largest developers of alternative energy projects
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Amy Krouse Rosenthal Readies 'Beckoning of Lovely' Project
PROJECT WARM FUZZY: A local writer and optimist-about-town readies her feel-good masterpiece
Danny Davis Gets Chosen—Finally
The Chicago Coalition for Mayor, a group of African-American businesspeople, elected officials, and activists, seems to have jilted Cook County Board of Review Commissioner Larry Rogers and former U.S. Sen. Carol Moseley Braun—the African-American mayoral hopefuls that the group selected a bit more than a week ago as the two who had the best chance to win. What a difference a week makes…
Danny Davis Says Hispanic Can't Win Mayor's Race; Gery Chico Responds
After today, it’ll be all mayoral politics all the time. Why wait? I spoke yesterday to Democratic Congressman Danny Davis and lawyer Gery Chico, both of whom have eyes on the Fifth Floor of City Hall—and both of whom are warily circling each other. Last week, Davis said to community newspaper AustinTalks that neither Hispanic mayoral hopeful, Chico nor City Clerk Miguel del Valle, can win. Davis went so far as to compare Del Valle and Chico to serial losing candidate William “Dock” Walls…
Dennis Hastert on Daley, Rahm, Bush, 9/11, and more
Former Speaker of the House Dennis Hastert, once a teacher and wrestling coach at Yorkville High School, is an Illinoisan through and through—born in Aurora, reared in Oswego, lived and worked in Plano and Yorkville. His wife, Jean, a retired teacher, remains in Plano, and “The Speaker,” as his staff calls him, spends most weeks in Washington…
Chicago Goes Hollywood in Fundraiser for Rahm Emanuel
The Hollywood fundraiser being staged on November 4th in Beverly Hills for Rahm Emanuel brings the presumed mayoral front-runner squarely into the big bucks game of presidential campaigns. One of the organizers of the party, to be held just two days after the midterms, is Rahm’s younger brother Ari, co-CEO of William Morris Endeavor Entertainment. As political junkies everywhere know, Ari is a…
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IN NOVEMBER’S LETTERS: Weighing in on Sammy’s Chicago legacy and taking a bite out of something that tastes like nothing
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November 2010: Anna Knott, Marcia Froelke Coburn, Jeff Ruby, Brian Kuhlmann, Jeff Huebner
Desirée Rogers: 'I Have Learned Who I Am'
HER NEXT ACT: After a sometimes controversial run as White House social secretary, Desirée Rogers is back in Chicago to tackle a new challenge. reviving Johnson Publishing and its Ebony and Jet magazines.
Joakim Noah's Turnaround
NOAH’S ARC: From a shoot-from-the-lip goofball who floundered on court and aggravated his teammates to a fiery star anchoring the Bulls and drawing covetous looks from another team, Joakim Noah has accomplished one of the most dramatic turnarounds in pro sports