You Were Never in Chicago Dean Bakopoulos your grace-defined demeanorSpend more time

your grace-defined demeanorSpend more time praying and less time worrying during the fleeting months to come

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You Were Never in Chicago Dean Bakopoulos your grace-defined demeanorSpend more timeIn 1952 the New Yorker published a three part essay by A. J. Liebling in which he dubbed Chicago the "Second City." From garbage collection to the skyline, nothing escaped Liebling's withering gaze. Among the outraged responses from Chicago residents was one that Liebling described as the apotheosis of such criticism: a postcard that read, simply, "You were never in Chicago." Neil Steinberg has lived in and around Chicago for more than three decades