Tag: Writers – Carol Felsenthal

Some questions and observations following today’s verdict in the retrial of the former governor: If you total the prison time from the 17 of 20 guilty counts, in addition to the charge from the first trial of lying to the FBI, Blago would spend more than 300 years in prison—reminiscent of the sentence... Read more

As jury deliberations continue in the Blagojevich retrial, one of the city’s prominent criminal defense attorneys provides insights on the case. He says that Judge Zagel has acted uncharacteristically “screwy” and unfair, leaving open the possibility of a retrial, and that Blagojevich did remarkably well on the stand... Read more

A must-read investigation shows President Obama is appointing top funders to prestigious posts at a rate greater than his predecessor. Missing from report: two former Chicagoans with the best jobs of all. Plus: startlingly low test numbers from the school system Jean-Claude Brizard most recently ran. Read more

A psychiatrist and psychoanalyst talks about how narcissistic behavior disorder frequently expresses itself through shopping in women, and sex in men. Read more

Arnold Goldberg, a professor of psychiatry at Rush, discusses narcissistic personalities, the reality ego, and how Huma Abedin is Weiner's "narcissistic object choice." Read more

Did Rod Blagojevich seriously think he could track down the al-Qaeda mastermind? It's not as farfetched as it sounds: it wouldn't have been the first time the former governor had come face to face with a notorious villain on the world stage. Read more

The former mayor joins Katten Muchin Rosenman, making him colleagues with "the ultimate Daley insider": 64-year-old partner and rainmaker Terry Newman. Read more