“I’m not the only gay man in the General Assembly,” state representative Larry McKeon tells Illinois Times (May 6-12). “I’m the only one to tell the truth about it.”
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Those philosophers are more competitive than you thought. According to The Philosophical Gourmet Report, the University of Chicago has the country’s top department if you want to study continental philosophy, Hegel and German idealism, or Foucault. The U. of C. “Chronicle” (April 15) reports that the department also ranked fourth in Marx, fifth in Freud, and ninth in Nietzsche. Overall, however, the department came in 16th.
Chicago River in 2019, according to Mayor Daley, interviewed in the “River Reporter” (Spring): “People from all over the country will come to Chicago to go to the river for what it has to offer. There will be parks, businesses, riverwalks, cafes, river taxis, fishing docks, bicycle and nature trails. There will be boats and canoes going up and down the River.”
“Homeowners today want to perfect their home environment,” Richard Becker tells Barbara Hower in “Focus” (May), newsletter of the Chicago branch of the American Institute of Architects. “It is this search for perfection, and an impatience with the old or quirky, that is driving the very strong new construction market.” Architects’ clients reportedly are anxious to have lots of open space, the latest technology, lots of closets, and–according to one unnamed architect–“great kitchens with beautiful cooking equipment (whether they plan to use it or not).”
