Q & A: Madison Dearborn Partners chairman John A. Canning, Jr.

Interview conducted and condensed by Jeff Bailey   You cofounded Madison Dearborn Partners, raised $18 billion to buy scores of major companies—CDW for $7.3 billion, Nuveen Investments for around $6 billion—and produced billions in profits for endowments and pension funds that invest with you. But it’s possible you’re best known as the guy who didn’t … Read more

So What's a Nice Jewish Boy from Skokie Doing with Tea Partiers?

EDITOR’S NOTE: Carol Felsenthal joins Chicagomag.com starting today as a blogger covering politics. She has written several books and profiles, and blogs for The Hill and The Huffington Post.

Joel Pollak, 32, (graduate of Niles North, Harvard College, Harvard Law School), wants Jan Schakowsky‘s seat in the U.S. House of Representatives…