The Ex Files
Over the years, many of our local public officials have capped off their careers with a stint in the pokey on corruption charges. Here’s how a few of them are faring today as ex-cons
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The View from My Window
Looking south from my 11th-floor office in the Tribune Tower, I can see Pioneer Court, the Michigan Avenue Bridge, and a string of stylish skyscrapers. But perched above the spot where Chicago began, it’s also easy to pick up intimations of the city’s past.
Start Your Own . . . Franchise
Finding the right job-or any job at all-can be tough these days. Then there's the falling ax of downsizing. What to do? You might think about joining the growing number of people who are buying franchise businesses. Peter Birkeland, a local consultant and author of Franchising Dreams, sees more and more would-be entrepreneurs and … Read more
Laissez-Faire Be a Lady
UIC economist Deirdre McCloskey talks freely about capitalism, the fallout from Enron, and her sex change.
Sudden Impact
In the 1969 Days of Rage, antiwar radical Brian Flanagan and city lawyer Richard Elrod, collided, changing their lives and creating an indelible image.
Shore Patrol
While scouring the long stretch from Jackson Park up to Hollywood Beach, we discovered some of the lakefront’s native dwellers. Meet the characters, photographed last year, who make our shore more than just a pretty place
Heartbreak Hotel
Only a few years after J. W. Stevens opened his grand Michigan Avenue hotel, the Depression devastated his family, inducing a series of calamities that included suicide, bankruptcy, and criminal charges. But from the debacle of the Stevens Hotel (now Chicago Hilton and Towers) emerged a young man who today, at 86, sits on the U.S. Supreme Court
Feeling the Heat
Many scientists cite world-impacting weather phenomena—melting glaciers, vanishing snowcaps—as proof of a warming planet. But what does that mean for Chicago?
Spotted at O’Hare
Like many of the other good men and women profiled in this year’s “Solo Acts” article, I live a pretty public life. As a theatre director, writer, and artistic director, stories about my work get published whenever there’s a cool new play, and I’ve gotten accustomed to it. But nothing could be stranger than the … Read more
Chicagoans of the Year 2006 – Rev. Thomas J. Behrens
Ministering Angel // Rev. Thomas J. Behrens // The Night Ministry Photograph by Katrina Wittkamp Rev. Thomas J. Behrens In 1976, Tom Behrens, then 30, held a job as a mortgage banker. With graduate degrees from the McCormick Theological Seminary and the Jane Addams College of Social Work at the University of Illinois at Chicago, … Read more