George Lucas “Bring him here. Question him we will!” as Yoda quaintly put it. Part-time Chicago resident George Lucas will have more than enough time on his hands, now that he’s sold his company, Lucasfilm, for $4.05 billion in cash and Disney stock, which he’s indicated he intends to liquidate through health and education charities. Think: who has been more obsessed than Lucas with unfair taxation in the latter-day “Star Wars” movies? On the big screen, he’s been a one-man town hall of bought-and-bussed-in Tea Partiers.
Dime Stories: Joe Biden Shows Up It's been so long that anyone showed us a portrait of a competent policy-maker, that we've forgotten what they look like. It's been so long since we've seen anyone look presidential, that we've forgotten what they look like.
Editor's Letter: March 2019 It's fascinating to see how your perspective shifts when you view your country, and your city, from a distance.
