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Mary Theresa Schmich was born in Savannah, Ga., the oldest of eight children, and spent her childhood in Georgia. She attended high school in Phoenix then earned a B.A. at Pomona College in Claremont, Calif.
After working in college admissions for three years and spending a year and a half in France, she attended journalism school at Stanford. She has worked as a reporter at the Peninsula Times Tribune in Palo Alto, Calif., at the Orlando Sentinel and, since 1985, at the Chicago Tribune. She spent five years as a Tribune national correspondent based in Atlanta.
For three years starting in 1992, she wrote a column for the Tribune. She left for a year to attend Harvard on a N...
After working in college admissions for three years and spending a year and a half in France, she attended journalism school at Stanford. She has worked as a reporter at the Peninsula Times Tribune in Palo Alto, Calif., at the Orlando Sentinel and, since 1985, at the Chicago Tribune. She spent five years as a Tribune national correspondent based in Atlanta.
For three years starting in 1992, she wrote a column for the Tribune. She left for a year to attend Harvard on a N...
Mary Theresa Schmich was born in Savannah, Ga., the oldest of eight children, and spent her childhood in Georgia. She attended high school in Phoenix then earned a B.A. at Pomona College in Claremont, Calif.
After working in college admissions for three years and spending a year and a half in France, she attended journalism school at Stanford. She has worked as a reporter at the Peninsula Times Tribune in Palo Alto, Calif., at the Orlando Sentinel and, since 1985, at the Chicago Tribune. She spent five years as a Tribune national correspondent based in Atlanta.
For three years starting in 1992, she wrote a column for the Tribune. She left for a year to attend Harvard on a Nieman fellowship for journalists, then returned to the column in July 1996.
She also writes the "Brenda Starr" comic strip and plays a decent barroom piano. She lives in Chicago.
After working in college admissions for three years and spending a year and a half in France, she attended journalism school at Stanford. She has worked as a reporter at the Peninsula Times Tribune in Palo Alto, Calif., at the Orlando Sentinel and, since 1985, at the Chicago Tribune. She spent five years as a Tribune national correspondent based in Atlanta.
For three years starting in 1992, she wrote a column for the Tribune. She left for a year to attend Harvard on a Nieman fellowship for journalists, then returned to the column in July 1996.
She also writes the "Brenda Starr" comic strip and plays a decent barroom piano. She lives in Chicago.
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Nathan Rabin Nathan Rabin is the head writer for The A.V. Club. His books include “The Big Rewind” and “My Year of Flops.” He also collaborated on “Weird Al: The Book.” He has written for the Wall Street Journal,...Tags: University of Chicago, Diabetes, Chicago Tribune, Theater, Radio
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Ian Schrager transforms a legend, Chicago journalists are honored
![The oversized invitation for the opening of Ian Schrager's newest hotel, Public Chicago, stated "no jacket required and dress knockout." And even though the party was intended to be a celebration of the hotel, formerly the Ambassador East, it also celebrated the transformation of the world famous Pump Room. The invite-only crowd, greeted by a smiling Ian Schrager, mingled in the living room (lobby) and the library sampling canapes and cocktails while photographers snapped away at the scenesters and screen stars Billy Zane ("Titanic") and Zoe Saldana ("Avatar" and "Star Trek").](http://www.chicagotribune.com/media/thumbnails/story/2011-10/65520217-19152621-187105.jpg "The oversized invitation for the opening of Ian Schrager's newest hotel, Public Chicago, stated "no jacket required and dress knockout.\" And even though the party was intended to be a celebration of the hotel, formerly the Ambassador East, it also celebrated the transformation of the world famous Pump Room. The invite-only crowd, greeted by a smiling Ian Schrager, mingled in the living room (lobby) and the library sampling canapes and cocktails while photographers snapped away at the scenesters and screen stars Billy Zane (\"Titanic\") and Zoe Saldana (\"Avatar\" and \"Star Trek\").")
Special to Tribune NewspapersThe oversized invitation for the opening of Ian Schrager's newest hotel, Public Chicago, stated "no jacket required and dress knockout." And even though the party was intended to be a celebration of the hotel, formerly the Ambassador East, it also...Tags: Pump Room, Avatar (movie), Human Interest, Roger Ebert, Titanic (movie, 1997)
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Voice of the People, Apr. 24
Investment fund Politicians keep referring to Social Security as an "entitlement." It is not an entitlement; it was intended as an investment fund of contributors for their retirement or need. Workers contributed a part of their earnings and employers...Tags: FBI, Economy, Business and Finance, Abusive Behavior, Social Security, Child Abuse
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Schmich on the move
Change of SubjectThose of you who are online-only readers may have missed this recent development, reported on this morning by TOC's Robert Feder: Of all the perks of winning the Pulitzer Prize last spring, the most visible for Mary Schmich may be...... -
Commencement speakers: the rude, the unfunny and the insightful
Commencement season is the college equivalent of the White House Correspondents' Dinner. Institutions from the Ivy League to the local community college scramble to lure the shiniest star they can to their podiums on graduation day. And the match-ups...
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E-books bring our best to you
As a Digital Plus member, you have full access to one of the Chicago Tribune's newest ventures: E-books. Partnering with Agate Publishing of Evanston, the Tribune has produced more than 15 e-books showcasing some of our finest journalism, including...
Tags: Charlie Trotter, Book, Chicago White Sox, Richard M. Daley, Chicago Tribune
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What would you like an Obama presidency to mean for Chicago?
May they sing for the nation --Howard Reich He doesn't know it yet, but Barack Obama is about to become the impresario-in-chief. Or at least he can be, if he decides to flex his cultural muscles. A word from Obama, and the world could see a new cast...Tags: Walt Disney, Computer Networking and Internet, Crimes, Cell Phones, Barack Obama
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What to see at Lit Fest
Sunday COLUMNISTS' VOICES: Anybody with an ounce of affection for newspapers — or ideas, or wit, or good writing — ought to be interested in a summit of two first-rate columnists from big metro dailies. The Tribune's Mary Schmich, recently...
Tags: Awards and Prizes, Book, Festive Events, Pulitzer Prize Awards, Chicago Tribune
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Good, in the midst of difficult situation
Trib Nation spoke recently with Pulitzer Prize-winning Tribune columnist Mary Schmich about telling Chicago stories. What is unique about Chicago and its stories? They’re infinite. One beauty of writing in Chicago is it is so varied and...
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From the archives: The journey of Judge Joan Lefkow
A few days ago, Joan Lefkow was walking down a Chicago street flanked by federal marshals when a panhandler walked up to her and said, "God bless you, Judge Lefkow." It has been nine months since U.S. District Judge Joan Humphrey Lefkow's name and...
Tags: Apartments, Mother (movie), Bankruptcy, Mark Twain, Weddings
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Religion in Rome
Travel guides? Check. Passport? Check. Chicago baseball cap? Check. So went the preparations of a Chicago religion reporter on her way back to Rome for a papal transition. After spending last week searching for Chicagoans also traveling to the Eternal...
Tags: Rome (Italy), Chicago White Sox, Benedict XVI
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The best of Mary Schmich
Change of SubjectNow available here as an e-book: The Best of Mary Schmich is a collection of the most popular and beloved columns from the 2012 winner of the Pulitzer Prize for commentary. Mary Schmich, who has been writing for the Chicago......
Apr 22, 2013
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Oct 19, 2011
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Apr 24, 2013
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Apr 2, 2013
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May 28, 2012
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Oct 18, 2012
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Nov 18, 2008
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Jun 10, 2012
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Mar 17, 2013
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Nov 20, 2005
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Mar 4, 2013
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Sep 6, 2012
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