Monthly Archives: April 2009

Sometimes it hurts to be honest. Is that kinda like “feeling the burn” when working out? So I gave up booze for Lent. After the first couple weeks I barely noticed it, and by the end I was feeling somewhat … Continue reading →

On June 19, 1973 I was brought into the world in a delivery room at Michael Reese Hospital. Eight years later my little sister did the same. In between those years my mother, Barbara,

If you follow the media business in Chicago like me, you hotly anticipated the Chicago Journalism Town Hall last February.

In the course of my work I got to a lot of candidate forums. Most folks think candidate forums are an opportunity to learn how much candidates know – their policy knowledge, or understanding of the community – but really … Continue reading →