Upton Sinclair

Princess-to-be Kate Middleton has Maryland family ties

2011-04-27 14:08:00

Soon-to-be princess Kate Middleton has a few prominent Marylanders — and American celebrities — in her family tree. Middleton, a commoner who marries Prince William on Friday, is a distant cousin of "The Star-Spangled Banner" author Francis...

"Animal Factory" author speaks

2010-03-08 16:22:11

Sorry for the late notice, but if you want to hear from a guy who's been billed as a modern-day Upton Sinclair, you've got about an hour to get over to East Baltimore.David Kirby is author of a new book,......

A who's who of Maryland (abridged)

2003-10-01 09:03:38

While you may be coming to Maryland to earn your fame and fortune, the majority of the Free State natives listed below took their talents elsewhere. The exceptions are marked with asterisks. Actors/actresses Bess Armstrong, John Astin, John Wilkes Booth,...

Seven journeys to a choice

2003-10-07 00:00:00

LOS ANGELES -- Jim and Mill LaVerde followed it like a pennant race. Sam and Stephanie Larson saw it as a morality play. Eleanor Viggers was drawn to it like a train wreck. Steve and Yolanda Whitehorse just tried not to come to blows over it. All seven...

Bill Granger, 1941-2012

2012-04-25 00:00:00

Bill Granger wrote for Chicago newspapers for close to 20 years before becoming a successful novelist, penning many spy novels and police procedurals. Imbued with a high level of energy and a strong work ethic, the bearded, bespectacled Mr. Granger wrote...

The poetry of discussion

2012-04-13 13:42:00

Our story Our Sulzer Regional Library Great Books Discussion Group has been meeting for more than 30 years. Annually, we pick a theme to guide our book selections and discussions. This year's theme is morality. Last year we read books dealing with...

Former columnist Bill Granger dies at 70

2012-04-23 16:32:13

'Hog butcher for the world'

2012-02-19 00:00:00

The shuttering of the Union Stock Yard and Transit Co. on July 30, 1971, didn't mark the end of Chicago's role as "hog butcher for the world." That came a year earlier, when "hog alley" closed, a victim of the stockyards' long descent from years of...

Chicago needs more global buzz, and not just for its drinking

2012-03-21 00:00:00

Another Illinois primary has come and gone, along with the media focus on Chicago. Exhale. "I always tell my friends overseas, 'Frankly, if you're coming to America, you have to go to Chicago,'" said Scott Pelley, as he prepared to board a Chicago-...

CAFO protection law passes in Iowa, Illinois hearings held Wednesday

2012-03-05 11:26:00

Last week we reported on an Iowa bill aimed at preventing undercover investigations at concentrated animal feeding operations that was on Gov. Terry Brandstad's desk. At the time Brandstad's office said it was still considering but late Friday he quietly...

Safety concerns, industry changes push U.S. to rethink approach to food inspection

2012-03-09 01:05:33

Every day, inspectors in white hats and coats take up positions at every one of the nation's slaughterhouses, eyeballing the hanging carcasses of cows and chickens as they shuttle past on elevated rails, looking for bruises, tumors and signs of...

Where's the slime?

2012-03-14 21:08:00

This one’s for all you people who have laughed at me over the years for raising my own beef cattle, because I didn’t trust the meat coming out of America’s factory farms. Well, maybe, not laughed outright, but looked at me funny,...

Upton Sinclair 's "The Jungle" was a novelistic expose of the dark side of the working-class life.

2012-02-16 13:40:39

The house that novelist Upton Sinclair once lived in has come on the market in Monrovia at $1.5 million.

2011-02-23 17:21:19

The house that novelist Upton Sinclair once lived in has come on the market in Monrovia at $1.5 million.

2011-02-23 17:21:19