10 things you might not know about apologies
What a sorry month. President Barack Obama has apologized for the troubled rollout of the Affordable Care Act. And Toronto Mayor Rob Ford seems to be on an apology tour,...
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The JFK assassination: 50 years later
The horrifying news from Dallas brought the nation to a standstill that Friday afternoon 50 years ago this month. The president had been shot. Here's what Tribune readers saw the...
Daniel Burnham: The man with a plan
Many men and women helped raise Chicago out of the ashes of the Great Fire of 1871 and transform it into the major city it would become in the 20th...
Flashback: A look at Chicago transportation, from the horse-drawn omnibus to elevated trains
A flurry of transportation stories made headlines this month, with news about a new runway at O'Hare International Airport, crucial votes for the Illiana Corridor, an extension of Lake Shore...
Home front memories of WWII
Tribune readers share stories of shortages and soldiers, war bonds and secret codes as they saved and sacrificed on the home front during World War II. Coded letters home Duane...
10 things you might not know about social media
While some social media outlets are dealing with issues of privacy (is the government reading our timelines?), Twitter is going public (with plans for an initial public stock offering). And...
FDR came for a bridge but talked of war
The president said, "The peace-loving nations must make a concerted effort in opposition to those violations of treaties and those ignorings of humane instincts which today are creating a state...
10 things you might not know about clout
Call it "sway" or "pull" or "juice" or "clout" — we're talking about power or influence, often of a political nature. Clout may have made one of its frequent Chicago...
10 things you might not know about insults
These certainly are insulting times. Oprah Winfrey felt disrespected when a Swiss store clerk allegedly refused to show her an expensive handbag. Floridians were offended when the Rev. Jesse Jackson...
10 things you might not know about notorious couples
It's one thing to be famous. It's quite another to be notorious, which is defined as "widely and unfavorably known." Jesse Jackson Jr. and his wife, Sandi, demonstrated that last...