Adlai Stevenson

Adlai Stevenson's Boyhood Home Going On The Market For $580,000

The Pantagraph | Mary Ann Ford | Posted 09.24.2009 | Chicago


The boyhood home of Adlai E. Stevenson II will go up for sale Oct. 1 for $580,000 and include an easement that will protect most of its exterior for p...

Wanted: Suitable Senate Candidate

Marcel Pacatte | Posted 10.17.2009 | Chicago


Marcel Pacatte

No one in the race has the resume, experience or heft required of a U.S. Senator. In fact, the bench in Illinois is pretty weak right now, among both Democrats and Republicans.

Why I Support Dan Hynes for Governor of Illinois

Adlai Stevenson III | Posted 09.12.2009 | Chicago


Adlai Stevenson III

Dan Hynes can restore the politics, little remembered, that made the Land of Lincoln a great state rather than an object of national mockery.

The GOP Deserves Its Current State of Isolation

Joseph A. Palermo | Posted 06.05.2009 | Politics


Joseph A. Palermo

A loyal opposition would be a great thing; an opposition that added constructive ideas to the nation's political debate. But that's not where the GOP is today.

Colin Powell's Adlai Stevenson Moment

Ariel Gonzalez | Posted 11.27.2008 | Politics


Ariel Gonzalez

Colin Powell's endorsement of Barack Obama is all well and good, but he still has a way to go before the ignominious stain on his carefully culti...

Jason Linkins

Obama's Shoes: A Historical Comparison

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 11.22.2008 | Politics


DailyKos has an image up, pulled from a collection of photos by Callie Shell, of Barack Obama reclining at a table, wearing shoes with holes in the so...

The Morning After

Nora Ephron | Posted 10.05.2008 | Politics


Nora Ephron

I forget how white Republicans are, and mean-spirited, and thin-lipped. I watch them and I think, is anyone buying this? Does anyone think we're better off today? That we're "winning" the war? Does anyone really think that executive experience trumps wisdom and intellect?

Is Obama The Next Adlai Stevenson?

Chicago Magazine | Richard Babcock | Posted 09.21.2008 | Chicago


He was a Democratic presidential candidate from Illinois, a celebrated orator and an intellectual running against a military hero at the time of an un...

Go Team! 5 Ways The Democrats Can Lose The Un-Loseable Election

Tony Sachs | Posted 09.07.2008 | Politics


Tony Sachs

The odds may be against us, but with a little luck and a lot of good old-fashioned stupidity, we can get to the promised land of failure once again.