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    Apr 5, 2013 |Column| Chicago Tribune
  1. Beyond movies, a lesson in dying

    Roger Ebert was a hot trend on Google's top 10 trends earlier this week.
    Roger Ebert was a hot trend on Google's top 10 trends earlier this week. As of Wednesday, more than 50,000 people had searched for his name, an impressive display of his influence. He wasn't quite as hot as North Korea or Jay Leno, but he was...

    Tags: Social Media, Nelson Algren, Bill Kurtis, Chicago Public Library, Studs Terkel

  2. Apr 4, 2013 |Story| Chicago Tribune
  3. Schmich: Ebert reflects well on Chicago

    <em>This column originally ran in the Chicago Tribune on Oct. 21, 2011</em>.
    This column originally ran in the Chicago Tribune on Oct. 21, 2011. Some years ago when I was new to Chicago, I spotted Roger Ebert in the frozen-foods aisle of a grocery store. He was famous by then, and I did what any normal person does at the sight...

    Tags: Chicago Tribune, Roger Ebert, Nelson Algren, Chicago Public Library, Studs Terkel

  4. Apr 2, 2013 | Chicago Tribune
  5. Schmich on the move

    Change of Subject
    Those of you who are online-only readers may have missed this recent development, reported on this morning by TOC's Robert Feder: Of all the perks of winning the Pulitzer Prize last spring, the most visible for Mary Schmich may be......
  6. Mar 30, 2013 |Story| Chicago Tribune
  7. A look at famous brothers from Chicago

    Long before anybody (besides their parents) was paying attention to Chicago's Emanuel brothers, the city could boast of lots of other siblings who made good &mdash; or, at least, made headlines.
    Long before anybody (besides their parents) was paying attention to Chicago's Emanuel brothers, the city could boast of lots of other siblings who made good — or, at least, made headlines. Chicago can claim brothers of wide-ranging accomplishments...

    Tags: Chicago Mayor, Ellen Warren, Old Town School of Folk Music, Crime, Law and Justice, Theft

  8. Jan 18, 2013 | Allentown Morning Call
  9. Friday Morning Coffee: One last fill-up before I go.

    Capitol Ideas
    Good Friday Morning, Fellow Seekers. So this is it. After more than seven years, roughly 7,280 posts (give or take a couple), at least two one-act plays, and more bad jokes than even I care to recall, it's time to......
  10. Feb 15, 2013 |Story| Chicago Tribune
  11. 'What It Takes': A true political classic

    One of the many bits of conventional wisdom about politicians is that they're all scoundrels in one way or another.
    One of the many bits of conventional wisdom about politicians is that they're all scoundrels in one way or another. This is especially true of those who run for president. Maybe they don't steal or lie or cheat on their spouse (although plenty do)....

    Tags: Lung Cancer, Elections, White House, U.S. Army, George H.W. Bush

  12. Feb 8, 2013 |Story| Chicago Tribune
  13. Tracy Baim: a gay-media torchbearer

    The signs were there: The newspaper Chicago Today ceased publication on Sept. 13, 1974 (my birthday), and the Chicago Daily News published its final edition on March 4, 1978 (Chicago's birthday).
    The signs were there: The newspaper Chicago Today ceased publication on Sept. 13, 1974 (my birthday), and the Chicago Daily News published its final edition on March 4, 1978 (Chicago's birthday). You might think some of us would have taken these as...

    Tags: Newspapers, CBS Corp., Human Rights, Newspaper and Magazine, Arts and Culture

  14. Feb 1, 2013 |Story| Chicago Tribune
  15. Rick Kogan on Carl Sandburg's 'A Revolver'

    You have, no doubt, heard about the new Carl Sandburg poem. Perhaps you have read it too. It is titled "A Revolver," and it was discovered a few weeks ago by Ernie Gullerud, a former professor of social work at the University of Illinois at Urbana-...

    Tags: Science and Technology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Chicago Tribune, Nelson Algren, Poetry

  16. Jan 18, 2013 |Story| Chicago Tribune
  17. Rick Kogan rediscovers Norbert Blei

    The last time the name Norbert Blei appeared above a story in the Chicago Tribune was June 2, 1985. He wrote about the Clearing, a folk arts school founded in 1935 in Door County, Wis., by renowned landscape architect Jens Jensen when he was 75. &nbsp;
    The last time the name Norbert Blei appeared above a story in the Chicago Tribune was June 2, 1985. He wrote about the Clearing, a folk arts school founded in 1935 in Door County, Wis., by renowned landscape architect Jens Jensen when he was 75.  ...

    Tags: Chicago Tribune, Jens Jensen, Poetry, Newspapers, Journalism

  18. Dec 4, 2012 |Story| Chicago Tribune
  19. New for online members? Archives to 1852.

    If you're a Tribune subscriber, take a look at your digital Member Center offerings. We've just finished adding the Tribune's complete historical archive available to digitalPlus members and 7-day subscribers. This digital archive stretches back to the earliest years of the paper: From December 1852 to the present. Exactly 160 years this month.
    If you're a Tribune subscriber, take a look at your digital Member Center offerings. We've just finished adding the Tribune's complete historical archive available to digitalPlus members and 7-day subscribers. This digital archive stretches back to the...

    Tags: Chicago Tribune

  20. Dec 21, 2012 |Column| Chicago Tribune
  21. Frangos no longer have the folkloric taste of Chicago

    A friend recently gave me something I hadn't received for Christmas in a very long time.
    A friend recently gave me something I hadn't received for Christmas in a very long time. "Frangos!" I exclaimed. "I haven't had Frangos in forever." I stripped away the shiny gift wrap, and it was like opening a door to Christmas past. A dark green...

    Tags: Marshall Field, Macy's, Chicago White Sox, O'Hare International Airport, Santa Claus (fictional character)

  22. Nov 27, 2012 |Column| Chicago Tribune
  23. Fighting mental illness

    Maybe something good will come from the Shakespearean tragedy that is the Jesse Jackson Jr. saga: A deeper understanding of mental illness and more empathy for those afflicted with it.
    Maybe something good will come from the Shakespearean tragedy that is the Jesse Jackson Jr. saga: A deeper understanding of mental illness and more empathy for those afflicted with it. Or maybe not. The level of cynicism in these parts is so high that...

    Tags: WebMD Corporation, Jesse Jackson, Jr., Mental Illness, Mayo Clinic, Depression

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