Cheryl Lavin

All eyes were focused on the field, where the football teams from Roberto Clemente and Lincoln Park High Schools were locking horns in Clemente`s homecoming game at Winnemac Park on...

Politics and politicians breed many things. Scandals for one. Parodies for another. In that spirit, James Wynbrandt has assembled ''The Dan Quayle Diktionary'' (Berkley Books), an aide for the man...

Mary Matalin and Torie (short for Victoria) Clarke, press secretary for the Bush campaign, are the Bonnie and Bonnie of the GOP, two in-your-face, at- your-throat ''chicks'' (their word), who...

President Bush keeps insisting that Dan Quayle`s place on the Republican ticket is safe. Fine, but what if . . . What if those Bush-Quayle poll ratings keep going down...

In a lifetime, most couples don`t go through as much as Kia and John experienced in their first six months together. They met on Feb. 1, 1990. It was one...

Ross Perot says he hates sound bites, but no one does them better. Here are some doozies: On Reaganomics: ''The total national debt was only $1 trillion in 1980 when...

Oy, will Jackie Mason be mad if he finds out I gave away his material. So please, don`t read these jokes unless you see his show. Aggravation like that, I...

- Although he didn`t make that many movies, Jackie Gleason played opposite some big stars. He gives his thoughts about them in ''Jackie Gleason'' (Pharos), by W. J. Weatherby. About...

- What`s the deal with parasols? Have designers tapped into some primordial need women have to once in their life do a Scarlett thing, with a twirling umbrella-ette? Or have...

Here are some anecdotes from Jane Byrne`s new book about her tumultuous years as mayor: During Jimmy Carter`s visit to Chicago in 1979, while they were riding in the presidential...