Chicago Public Square returns in full force Jan. 3. But for now …
■ … which you can see for yourself here.
■ Here’s what the experts will be looking for.
■ It’s the first involuntary such presidential release since the IRS unveiled Richard Nixon’s paperwork in 1973.
And savor Pulitzer-winning columnist Dave Barry’s 2022 in review …
■ … which may or may not come in handy as you tackle …
A special month-by-month 2022 news quiz*—courtesy of a new quizmaster: Fritz Holznagel, a past winner in the Jeopardy! Tournament of Champions.
■ To offer feedback on the quiz or suggest subjects for future questions—or just to brag or commiserate about your score—email us.
Not all those who help keep Square coming have authorized publication of their names, but—before we bid 2022 farewell—a tip of the New Year’s party hat to those who have:
■ Eric Zorn (who was kind enough to spotlight Chicago Public Square on the radio yesterday at 2:00:00 here), Scott Baskin, Angela Mullins, Analeah Rosen, John Gehron, John Iltis, Phil Vettel, Mike Cramer, Paul Kungl, Patrick Egan, Steve Winner, Louise Donahue, Jessica Mackinnon, Paul Zavagno, Stephan Benzkofer, Carol Morency, Keri Lynch, Jeff Currie, David Boulanger, Ken Scott, Michael Levin, Mark Thurow, Mike Chamernik, Joe Hallissey, Jan Czarnik, Ben Segedin, Steve Carlson, David Jones, Jerry Wolin, Bob Konold, Philip Prale, John Culver, Ralph Sherman, Harlene Ellin, Joseph Sjostrom, Bill Oakes, Paul Crossey, Mark Edwards, Katherine and Michael Raleigh, John Ayers, Mary Godlewski, Allen Matthews, Mark Wukas, Sabrina Deitch, Sherry Nordstrom, Frank Heitzman, Nina Ovryn, Ken Hooker, Mike Pontillo, Ian Morrison, Stephen Nidetz, Tim Colburn, Jim Peterson, Neela Marnell, Shel Lustig, Elizabeth Meisterling, Sally Donatiello, Kevin Parzyck, Christine Hauri, Kiki Marie-Henri, Kurt Wehrmeister, Meredith Schacht, Laurie Huget, Judy Sherr, Jeff Weissglass, Robert Toon, Andrew Nord, Maureen and Jerry Peifer and Kaiser, Bruce Robert Pfaff, Lisa Colpoys and Catherine Schneider, Judy Karlov, Collin Canright, Tim Spencer, Clifton Wilson, Alan Solomon, William Bork, Denise Pondel, Rick Blankenbaker, Robert Izral, Steve Ignots, Maureen Kennedy, Linda Baltikas, Sandy Kaczmarski, Ryan Bird, Another Debbie Becker, Jason Sherman, Heather O’Reilly, Maureen Kelly, Jim Prescott, Phil Huckelberry, Ted Cox, Jeffery Angevine, Mike Dessimoz, Ron Castan, Michael Soriano, Owen Youngman, Neil Parker, Gail Frost, Alec Bloyd-Peshkin, Mike Gold, Jack Bizot, Joe Hass, Lisa Krimen, Marcie Dosemagen, Bruce Dold, Nancy W. Cook, Timothy Mennel, Mark Miller, Tom Mulcahy, Beth Kujawski, Timothy Jackson, Mark Mueller, Michael Brooks, Maria Mooshil, Diane Scott, Martin Berg, Joseph Lynn, Michael Romain, Lawrence Perlman, Bill Drudge, Aaron Barnhart, Daniela Dolak, Gene Kannenberg Jr., Barbara Miller, Melissa Leeb, Marj Halperin, Tom Marker, Michelle Damico, Lizzie Schiffman Tufano, Charlene Thomas, Molly McDonough, Suzy Le Clair, Stephanie Blatt, Jen Purrenhage, Rick Baert, Jan Kodner, Fredric Stein, Alison Price, Anne Frederick, Jane Hirt, Jeanne Mcinerney, John Meissen, Joan Berman, Allan Hippensteel, Jim Kelly, David Layden, Andrea Agrimonti, David Mausner, Alice Cottingham, Chris Handzlik, Paula Weinbaum, Patty Martin, Leo Bonnie Dohogne, Linda Paul, Ed Nickow, Darold Barnum, Andrew Thackray, Robert A. Shipley, Josh Mogerman, Tom O’Malley, Multipath Data, Maureen Stratton, Paul Pasulka, Stephanie Springsteen, Jean Remsen, Tom Pritchett, Stephen Brenner, Judy Hoffman, Jeffrey Langer, Teresa Powell, Logan Aimone, James Madigan, Ronald B. Schwartz, Patrick Stout, Timothy Baffoe, Beth Botts, Cynde Seegers, Brian J. Taylor, Patricia Skaja, Cate Plys, Sandy Heitzman, Paul Kubina, Alex Riepl Broz, Michael Johnson, Laurie Casey, Andrew Mitran, Keelin Wyman, Ellen Mrazek, Sandy Ridolfi, Maureen Gannon, Judy Davy, Thomas Yoder, Carmie Callobre, Nancy Hess, Melanie Minnix, Becky Brofman, Timothy Bannon, Matt Baron, Carolyn Potts, David Walker, Jan Menaker Brock, JoBeth Halpin, Paul Wedeen, Jeannie Affelder, Deborah Montgomery, Marianne Matthews, Sheridan Chaney, Donna Barrows, Annemarie Kill, Mary T. Davison, Janet Grimes, Peggy Fogelman, Sue Omanson, Emily Blum, Julie Martin, Anne Costello, Len Jaster, Paul Buchbinder, Jim Parks, Richard Milne, Deb Humiston, Susan Beach, Mark Nystuen, Denise Mattson, Valerie Denney, Sara Burrows, Jeff Hanneman, Garry, David Protess, Alan Hoffstadter, Peter Chien, Reginald Davis, Aris Georgiadis, Doreen Rice, Ann Spittle, Virginia Mann, Julie Ross, Gregg Runburg, Jennifer Fardy, Eric Davis, James Haglund, Sharon Bloyd-Peshkin, Tom Barnes, Craig Kaiser, Lloyd Sachs, Mike Fainman, Stephanie Zimmermann, Charles Pratt, Stephanie Textor, Bill and Laurie Bunkers, Theodore Naron, Michael Kelly, Suzy Carlson, Bridget Hatch, Donna Rigsbee, Harla Hutchinson, Gregory Dudzienski, the Skubish family, Marc Blesoff, Jerry Delaney, Judee Barone, Martha Intrieri, Sarah Hoban, Gordon Walek, Reed Pence, Mary Gannon Pittman, Janice Kieckhefer, Jill Chukerman, Gil Herman, M. Braun, Tom Petersen, Jayson Hansen, Ken Davis, Libbey Paul, Elaine Soloway, Edward White, Kathleen Hogan, Stephen Schlesinger, Cynthia Farenga, G C Bien, Charlie Pajor, Ann Keating, Jennifer McGeary, Alan Hommerding, Doug Freedman, Kevin Lampe, Carol Marin, Jim Holmes, Nancy Burns, Deborah J. Wess, Meghan Strubel, Joycelyn Winnecke, Patricia Winn, Ricky Briasco, Susan Hardy, Lucy Smith, Christopher Comes, Suzanne Vestuto, Clyde Simpson, John Jaramillo, Bob Saigh, Elizabeth Denius, Rupa Datta, Lisa McNulty, Jeanette Mancusi, Bill Weldon, Hank and Marge Arnold, Mike Trenary, Anne Rooney, Patrick Olsen, Russ Williams, Stephanie Kiesling, Dave Aron, Randy Young, Bob Ely, Victoria Engelhardt, Robert Clifford, Debbie Becker, Don Price, Jennifer Packheiser, Ron Magers, Julia Gray, Leslie Sutphen, Dawn Haney, Bernard Schoenburg, Joel Hood and Sherry Skalko, Don Moseley, Janean Bowersmith, Helen Kossler, Sarah Russe, Ted Slowik, William Wheelhouse, Michael Weiland, Terry Locke, Jack Hafferkamp, Bennett Hart, Tim Ward, Deborah Barragan-White, Catherine Johns, Mary Bunker, Ed McDevitt, Randall Kulat, Jerry Role, Edward Witt, Kathy Catrambone, Cynthia Martin, Joe Germuska, Peter Fuller, Barbara Cimaglio, Michael Wilson, Susan Benloucif, Kate Arias, Deb Abrahamson, Moondog, Liz Strause, Jordan Wilkerson, John McClelland, Joan Richmond, Molly Allscheid, Holly Wallace, John Kowalski, Brent Brotine, Daniel Forden, Eric Hochstein, Pat Albu, Wendy Greenhouse, Werner Huget, Kathy Wyman and Doug Waco, Joan Pederson, Thom Clark, Anton Till, Bill Herbert, David Mendell, Victoria Long, Christine Koenig, Janet Holden, Tim Brandhorst, Ann Fisher, Brian Rohr, Lawrence Weiland, Dave Tan, Ken Trainor, Chris Ruys, Rebecca Ewan, Sharon Halperin, MJ Garnier, Ira Pilchen, Maria Garvy, Sam Hochberg, Susan Karol, Ken Saydak, Susy Schultz, Anna Tarkov, Linnea Crowther, Crissy Kawamoto, Julia Winn, Roy Plotnick, Rosemary Caruk, Paul Clark, Stephen Brown, Shara Miller, Pavlo Berko, Larry Dahlke, Andrew Stancioff, Jon Hilkevitch, Stephanie Goldberg, Mena Boulanger, Ellen Cutter, Keith Huizinga, Heather Foote, Diana Lauber, Barbara Heskett, Avis Rudner, Paul Noble, Sandra Slater, Heather Alger, David Weindling, Mike Janowski, Helen Marshall, Susan Stevens, Peggy Conlon-Madigan, Mary Dedinsky, Scott Watson, Gil Arias, Peter Kuttner, Nile Wendorf, Mario Greco, Jim Grimes, Ken Shiner, Ann Johnson Arellano, Marc Magliari, Patrick Quinn, John Metz, LJ in Arkansas, Christine Cupaiuolo, Doug Strubel, Joanne Rosenbush, Michael Mini, Sherry Kent, Thomas Gradel, Andy Buchanan, Ken Hildreth, Christa Velbel and Dale Epton.
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