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August 2012
Mitt Romney, Waivers, and the End of Welfare
By Whet Moser
In Elk Grove Village this week, Mitt Romney accused the president of destroying welfare-to-work and bringing about a new culture of dependency. Here's how a bit of bureaucratese turned into the latest front in the culture war. Read more
A Bargain in Beverly
By Dennis Rodkin
List Price: $479,000
The Property: On a block in Beverly where no two houses look alike, one of the most intriguing is this Tudor, whose brick pattern sometimes goes a little crazy. That gives the façade a hand-built look, which is helped along by the weeping mortar between the bricks and the occasional stone protruding from the chimney... Read more
Top Five Things to Do This Week
On your agenda: Don Quixote chases windmills and wenches… Taj Mahal sings the blues… a free festival… plus, the weekend plans of the violinist J. Austin Wulliman. Read more
Walks In the Park With the Cubs
By Whet Moser
The Cubs have a problem: they're the least patient team in baseball, and among the least patient teams in recent history. And while recent roster moves might improve the offense overall, it looks like an even less patient team will finish the season. Read more
Fred Eychaner and Ken Griffin, Chicagoans on Top Donors Lists
By Carol Felsenthal
Lists just out from Politico ranking donors to the two presidential candidates show that, on the Democratic side, Chicagoan Fred Eychaner ranks number one. On the GOP side, at number nine with $2.3 million for Mitt Romney and other Republican PACs and candidates, is Chicago hedge fund billionaire Kenneth Griffin... Read more