Obama’s Chicago Posse
Inside the circle of Chicagoans who spotted Barack Obama’s talent, helped guide his path—and made it hard for him to close the deal (even before the Reverend Wright eruptions)
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Tulip Time
Spring! Sunshine! Tulips! All three are so fleeting around these parts, so we take time to appreciate these two sweet photos that capture recent lovely moments in our downtown. Check out the vibrant colors in the shot by Flickr’s kellyhafermann, and admire the amazing angle and lighting captured by jeanneg…
Unanswered Cries: Drew Peterson Ex-Wife Kathleen Savio's Death
FROM MAY 2008: Before she died in 2004, Kathleen Savio, the third wife of former Bolingbrook police sergeant Drew Peterson, repeatedly warned authorities she would be killed. Now her death has been reclassified a homicide. Why wasn’t there a stronger response to her pleas for help?
Contributors—May 2008
Jay Pridmore, Bob Coscarelli, Crystal Yednak, Robert Krughoff, David Murray, Dennis Ray Wheaton, Jeff Ruby
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In this month’s letters: antisocial justification, the F-bomb, solar investment, a relieved mother, a magnet school, and more Web sites
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In this month’s letters: Intelligent news, reportorial duty, recipes, Melman, ads, and elk
A Slippery Subject
A conversation with Bill Clinton biographer Carol Felsenthal
Political Calculus
How the race for president would be different if the Democrats had followed the GOP’s lead
A House Divided
A new problem surfaces among four Democratic legislators who share a house on Capitol Hill: presidential politics