Mr. T in Lake Forest and Woodward in Wheaton: Famous Folks Who Lived in the Burbs
Wherever you live in the Chicago area, someone famous once lived there, too. Here’s a list of the best known — or at least the most interesting — people to...
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4 You Can Explore the City in a Whole New Way: On Skis
I’ve been cross-country skiing in Chicago for a quarter century, since the days when winter was winter, before global warming put a squeeze on the number of snow days. The...
Disney in Hermosa and Common in Calumet: A Few Famous Folks Who Lived Here
Wherever you live in Chicago, someone famous once lived there, too. Here’s a list of the best known — or at least the most interesting — people to have inhabited...
It’s Time for Biden to Make Room for Another Candidate
A Washington Post poll found a “generic Democrat” beats Trump 48-40. It's a perfect opportunity for the likes of California Governor Gavin Newsom or our own Governor J.B. Pritzker.
Pro-life or Pro-lie?
A new state law cracks down on deceptive practices by anti-abortion centers, but a legal challenge claims Illinois is violating free speech.
Is “Sweet Home Chicago” Actually About Chicago?
Robert Johnson probably had not visited Chicago when he recorded what became our city’s unofficial anthem in 1936. “Oh, baby, don’t you want to go,” the Mississippi blues legend croons,...
Our Neighbor to the East Births Unexceptional VPs
Imagine if Lincoln had remained in his boyhood home of Indiana — which proudly calls itself the “Mother of Vice Presidents.”
The Last Fight of Wilfred Benítez
Once the pride of Puerto Rico, the ailing boxing great is now fully dependent on the sister who watches over him in their Humboldt Park apartment.
Maybe the Midwest Is a State of Mind
A new poll shows that plenty of people in states that are rarely identified as the Midwest consider themselves Midwesterners.
To Know Ernest Hemingway, Begin in Oak Park
The writer rarely returned to his birthplace after leaving at age 18, but it's where his story begins nonetheless.