What Is the Point of It All? Lee Eisenberg Has Some Ideas
Your life is a story, the renowned former Esquire editor says, so write it well.
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Goodbye, Garry
“It’s not classy to dance and shout when a person loses their job,” a retired Chicago police officer emailed me today, minutes after Mayor Rahm Emanuel announced the ousting of...
Editor's Note: The Big Stall
CPD's response to our latest investigation should trouble every Chicagoan who cares about transparency in government.
Catholics at a Crossroads
More Chicagoans than ever are leaving the church. Can new archbishop Blase Cupich change that?
Young(ish) Guns
Archbishop Blase Cupich is already shaking up the archdiocesan hierarchy, replacing the No. 2 he inherited—Bishop Francis Kane, 72—with a man 25 years his junior.
Archbishop Blase Cupich Just Wants to Treat You Like an Adult
A week before he became the archbishop of Chicago, Blase Cupich sat down with Chicago to talk about some of the challenges he faces.
There Are Women on the Rise in the 2014 Power List
The proportion of women on the annual Power List remains at around 20 percent, but they're gaining ground on the men.
12 Questions for Nobel Prize Winner Eugene Fama
The University of Chicago market maven, 74, talks stock investing, Illinois bonds, football—and winning the Nobel Prize.
22 Questions for Stanley Tigerman
The salty 83-year-old architecture star on his loves (green design), his hates (the IBM building’s redo), and winning the AIA’s lifetime achievement award.
Eight Questions for the Man Behind Old Jews Telling Jokes
Dan Okrent on why these jokes matter, and how the show came to Chicago.