The Private Public Life of Ed Burke
Though only 61, Alderman Ed Burke, the king of a ward inherited from his father, is a relic of old Chicago politics.
Bob Herbert's Erosion of Faith
"Sometimes I just watch in amazement and wonder why people are voting the way they do"
Salman Rushdie
"When the characters come to life in your imagination and on the page, they often tell you to go in directions that you hadn't suspected you would"