Chicago Herald-American

Welcome to the Chicago Herald-American, a weblog founded, written, edited, produced and directed by Chicago Sun-Times reporter/copy editor Mark Potash. A Chicago native and graduate of Niles West High School in Skokie, Ill. and the University of Missouri-Columbia, Mark is a veteran of three newspaper wars, with a record of 1-1-1 -- winning with the Arkansas Democrat (Little Rock, Ark.), losing with the St. Louis Globe-Democrat and fighting the good fight with the Sun-Times since 1987.

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