This magazine was often quite Kurt
A generation ago, in the land before the Internet, a national magazine existed that skewered the powerful in words and photos. Donald Trump, for one, fired off regular letters of…
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Sunday Breakfast
A smart cookie helps family business stay strong
When one walks into Abt, the electronics store in Glenview, no doubt the 60-inch plasma television screens and sizable reclining chairs catch one’s eye. But it’s what pleases one’s nose…
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A different kind of busy
A tractor rests beyond the floor-to-ceiling windows in the contemporary home at Crab Tree Farm. Inside, dressed in a dark blue sweater and tan pants, sits John H. Bryan…
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Rauner Means Business
A few years ago, venture capitalist Bruce Rauner listened as executives at a company he invested in complained about high taxes in Illinois and how hard it is to recruit…
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From ‘Barbarians’ to fantasy baseball …
Reached by phone at his New Jersey home on a recent morning, Vanity Fair special correspondent Bryan Burrough is — not surprisingly — writing. Perhaps it’s a profile of a…
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A prose pro
When Rich Cohen graduated from Tulane University in 1990, he sent a blind resume to The New Yorker. To his surprise, a woman asked him to interview for the typing…
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Amdur has festivals down to a fine art
When Amy Amdur, all of six years old, exhibited her works at an art show in Highland Park, she was offered $25 for a painting — a fortune to a child.
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