Patti Blagojevich got what?
I was reading a first-rate profile of Patti Blagojevich in Illinois Issues when I came upon this nugget: “In 1983, Patti left home for the University of Illinois in Urbana-Champaign...
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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,...
Our Man in London: On Louis Susman's appointment as ambassador to the U.K.
The retired Chicago businessman Louis Susman recently became the U.S. ambassador to the United Kingdom, an appointment widely regarded as the prize for his ferocious fundraising on behalf of the...
Key Obama campaign backers who were appointed ambassadors
Winners’ Row: A sample of bundlers for Obama who are now ambassadors posted abroad
The Making of a First Lady
She’s confident and levelheaded, and she carries the nurturing legacy of a close-knit South Shore family, an experience she wanted to re-create in her own home. After years of resenting...
The Lost World of Kup
When Irv Kupcinet, the legendary gossip columnist of the Chicago Sun-Times, died last year, it marked the end of a remarkable era of glamour and intrigue.
Governor Sunshine
Things could not be better for Rod Blagojevich. He loves politics, and he has won every election he has entered (with help from his father-in-law, a clout-heavy alderman). The govenorship...
Dear Ann
An energetic self-promotor, Eppie Lederer was a natural as the wise and wisecracking Ann Landers, advice maven to millions. But her own family problems were harder to solve.