I lived across the street from Jamie Dimon of Bank One on Astor St., Chicago. He was renovating a multi multi million dollar dwelling and we watched the elaborate dix neufieme trappings emerge..so absurd for yet another CEO. Well apparently the Mrs. did not like Chicago so back to New York they come.( Really must stop this Chicago focus but after 20 years there it is hard.)


The New Yorker publishes an absurd piece about a woman who webstalks a boyfriend; they reject an important article I wrote 10 years about federal and municipal spending. "Nine to Four Thirty" chronicles my 12 patronage years in Cook County government--12 years in which I did nothing but get out the Democratic vote.