Charles M. Madigan

Yo, soldier, Here is a note from home with the 4th of July coming. It smells good in the morning in Chicago, particularly after a rain (not enough of that...

I am having provocative and scary thoughts about branding. No, not that "Yeeeeeeehaawwww! Saddle em up!" kind of branding. I mean brand-name branding. It is the mantra word in modern...

I have been examining my conscience of late and taking inventory of my political views. Am I "liberal?" Are media liberal? Maybe media were liberal in some ways in the...

I was hanging with some determined Christians a week ago who were wrestling with their anger about the Republicans and President Bush saddling up and riding into the heart of...

`Deadwood," that delightfully malicious HBO series, is finally over for the season so I can move on with my life without all the juicy dirty talking and obscenity used primarily...

I was struggling over the weekend to find some way to leap to the defense of Lincoln Park Zoo when the brilliant thought hit me that I should just go...

How will Social Security reform affect me? Based on the latest projections, OK, I'm this age and add these years to it, take what I have already contributed, add this,...

Lawmaking has suddenly become a high-risk business. A little too much largess from a lobbyist, oh, say, a big golf trip for you and the staff on someone else's Amex...

In the distance, I see a gospel train full of true believers comin', and with his firm and certain hand on the throttle, I see a Republican, could be House...

In a narrow corridor beside an empty parking lot, Jesse Jackson Sr. was working the cellphone while aide Jerry Thomas was spinning a passing reporter. Thomas' argument: Read the Boston...