March 2003
Volume 28
Number 3
Features
The Price Boom
First-time homebuyers, look out. Homeowners? You might be living in a gold mine. Want a lot? You might be out of luck. We’re taking real estate here—locations, square footage and wads of green stuff.
By Helen Pauly
The Box Redux
You know those old “cabins by the lake”? See how the definition has changed.
By Colleen Heather Rogan
A man is dead, the victim of a brutal Inner City beating by a mostly pubescent mob. First questions: How? Why? Look for clues in the heartbreaking upbringing of brothers Marlin and Don Dixion.
By Kurt Chandler
Chain Washed
We give 16 national restaurant chains a chance to work their mojo on us.
By Ann Christenson
Departments
Outfront
The quest to understand.
By John Fennell
Letters
The mighty pen.
This month
Dancers, singers, actors, photographers, lithographers.
Edited by Charlene Mills
Insider
People who spark out interest by their varied causes—Mexican migration, prison reform, obscure bands, even skateboards.
Edited by Natalie Dorman
Pressroom Confidential
Credible “testimonials”? Using actors in TV endorsement ads and other no-nos.
By Peter Robertson
Inside Views
He said and she said, six times over.
Edited by Ann Christenson
Insider Travel
Wine, rock-‘n-role and faucets all in a day’s drive.
By Mario Quadracci
Your Health
Medical advances that demystify the human brain.
By Kathleen Winkler
Dining Guide
The tips we give you every month, plus out street-smart resource to local dining.
Endgame
An unjuried defense of Robert Crawford.
By Kenneth R. Lamke
On the Cover
Photograph by Kevin J. Miyazaki
