Olympics

  • Lessons From the Olympic Bid

    8 October 2009

    Interview with the Chicago Reader's Ben Joravsky on the average Joe leading the leaders, and more.

  • Dear International Olympic Committee

    1 October 2009

    Interview with the Chicago Reader's Ben Joravsky on Ben's alienation by institutional Chicago, and more.

  • Funds and Games: Chicago 2016's 'Stewardship Report'

    10 September 2009

    Interview with the Chicago Reader's Ben Joravsky on why you didn't see or hear in-depth coverage of the Stewardship Report, and more.

  • Who'll Be the Bad Guy Now?

    13 August 2009

    Interview with the Chicago Reader's Ben Joravsky on whether all U.S. taxpayers want to pay for Olympics in Chicago, and more.

  • Michael Reese Hospital: The First Sacrificial Lamb

    30 July 2009

    Interview with the Chicago Reader's Ben Joravsky on the absurd position of preservationists, and more.

  • Wanna Buy an Olympics?

    23 July 2009

    Interview with the Chicago Reader's Ben Joravsky on north Siders as powerless as South Siders, and more.

  • On the Hook

    2 July 2009

    Interview with the Chicago Reader's Ben Joravsky on from where, exactly, Olympics revenues would come, and more.

  • An Open Letter to the IOC

    2 April 2009

    Interview with the Chicago Reader's Ben Joravsky on how the Tribune and Sun-Times ignore their own reporting, and more.

  • The Straw Man

    5 March 2009

    Interview with the Chicago Reader's Ben Joravsky on if Todd Stroger led the push for the Olympics, and more.

  • The $10.5 Million Mascot

    26 February 2009

    Interview with the Chicago Reader's Ben Joravsky on how the city might secretly subsidize the Olympic Village, and more.

  • More Olympic Games

    4 December 2008

    Interview with the Chicago Reader's Ben Joravsky on how Chicago's economy resembles that of Russia, and more.

  • The Chickens Outfox the Foxes

    20 November 2008

    Interview with the Chicago Reader's Ben Joravsky on how the U of C takes its cue from City Hall, and more.

  • Magic Beans

    24 July 2008

    Interview with the Chicago Reader's Ben Joravsky on how the owners of Michael Reese Hospital snagged a sweet selling spot, and more.

  • Seize the Moment

    10 July 2008

    Interview with the Chicago Reader's Ben Joravsky on the astounding depth of Olympics opposition, and more.

  • The Road to 2016

    19 June 2008

    Interview with the Chicago Reader's Ben Joravsky on why Mayor Daley needed more than a slim majority vote on the Children's Museum, and more.

  • The TIF That Keeps On Taking

    5 June 2008

    Interview with the Chicago Reader's Ben Joravsky on Ben's confession and pledge, and more.

  • A city off track

    17 April 2008

    Interview with the Chicago Reader's Ben Joravsky on background on a mayoral ally, and more.

  • It's all about the olympics

    3 April 2008

    Interview with the Chicago Reader's Ben Joravsky on how citizens become robots, and more.