 In 1986, I was a college student spending a summer on Capitol Hill working as an intern for Sen. Orrin Hatch, R-Utah. Youth being youth, I was full of idealistic (and ideological) fervor, and one particular young member of Congress really knew how to press my buttons and get me fired up.  | 'Forever Open, Clear and Free' Nearly five years ago, the influential Chicagoans and suburbanites who direct the Chicago Children's Museum disclosed plans to relocate their facility from Navy Pier to Grant Park. Many citizens saw this as an act of naked entitlement: They resolved to give children and adults of future centuries the same Grant Park open spaces that today's Chicagoans inherited and enjoy. |  | Page: Where did Haiti's aid go? Two years after a magnitude-7.0 earthquake struck Haiti killing hundreds of thousands, more than a half-million Haitians are still sleeping under tarps, often in camps without enough water or toilets. As another hurricane season approaches, many people are asking: What happened to the generous donations that Americans gave? Congress should make it easier to find out. |  | 10 things you might not know about salt Every winter, widespread chemical dumping leaves Chicago streets covered in sodium chloride. Here are 10 facts you don't have to take with a grain of salt: | |  | |
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