Donald Trump saddles up a Chicago hobbyhorse -- Christopher Columbus

Donald Trump saddles up a Chicago hobbyhorse -- Christopher Columbus

Certain issues just seem to belong to Chicago. Dibs, for instance. That peculiar tradition of trying to claim a parking space with a few scattered chairs, or dinette tables, or whatever, just because you took the trouble of shoveling it out, a weird blend of private effort and public display, these fragile monuments to selfishness. "I went to the trouble to clear the public way, so the space now belongs to me." There's something tragic about dib…

Donald Trump saddles up a Chicago hobbyhorse — Christopher Columbus

Certain issues just seem to belong to Chicago. Dibs, for instance. That peculiar tradition of trying to claim a parking space with a few scattered chairs, or dinette tables, or whatever, just because you took the trouble of shoveling it out, a weird blend of private effort and public display, these fragile monuments to selfishness. “I went to the trouble to clear the public way, so the space now belongs to me.” There’s something tragic about dib…