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April 2010: Dennis Rodkin, Cassie Walker, Christopher Piatt, Jeff Bailey
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Scott Lee Cohen: The Exit Interview
In one of the strangest primary elections in recent memory, Scott Lee Cohen’s saga stands out as the strangest. And he’s got a lot to say about it.
On former Playboy centerfold and society blogger Candace Jordan
Belle of the Blog: Three decades after steaming up the pages of Playboy, Candace Jordan is attracting eyeballs again—this time with her clothes on—as a sought-after party guest and cyberscribe. Circulating among the city’s socialites, she chronicles swank galas and charity auctions on her blog—required reading for Chicago’s see-and-be-seen set
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In April’s letters: List lamentation and the great gun debate
Coming Next Monday: Hot, Fresh Blag
Welcome to BLAG!, our once-a-week recap of The Celebrity Apprentice 2010, this season featuring Rod Blagojevich, Illinois’s ousted governor, currently awaiting trial on corruption charges. Airing at 8 p.m. (central time) Sundays on NBC-TV, this reality show pits formerly semi-famous (or in Blago’s case, infamous) celebs against each other to win the approval of mega-mogul Donald Trump and his daughter…
Tale of Two Daleys
The longtime political reporter Ben Joravsky didn’t think much of Evan Osnos’s profile of Mayor Richard M. Daley in the March 8th issue of the venerable weekly as evidenced by this reaction piece, which posted yesterday at the Chicago Reader’s website…
Did Michael Madigan set up a fake opponent in Patrick John Ryan?
Yet again, the speaker faces a Republican with a long history of voting Democratic
Will Mayor Daley run for re-election?
Will he or won’t he? Within Chicago political circles, that’s the question on everybody’s mind. True to form, the sometimes inscrutable Richard M. Daley hasn’t said one way or another whether he’s going to seek a seventh term next year. But read the tea leaves and you’ll see that, despite the year from hell in … Read more
Former Tribune reporter Judy Peres sells reclaimed wood from grain elevator
Board Game: One reporter’s retirement plan: a construction crane, blowtorches, and a treasure-trove of old wood
The not-so-good news about the state of Chicago and Illinois
By the Numbers: Bad news about our state and city