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After another summer of biking the lakefront trail, I write regarding trail safety and etiquette for bikers. I am a very careful rider and take several precautions that have helped...

Lost Prophet: The Life and Times of Bayard Rustin By John D'Emilio Free Press, 568 pages, $35 Ella Baker and the Black Freedom Movement: A Radical Democratic Vision By Barbara...

There has been some controversy over the role of environmental pollution and childhood cancer discussed in recent issues of the Tribune. After caring for children with cancer for nearly 40...

Chicago communities have been confronted with the ugly reality of young people engaged in a horrifying ritual of disrespect and cruelty and the consequences of those acts. Broadcast around the...

Since the release of the 2000 U.S. Census figures, much has been written about the rising number of Hispanics in the United States. Often these stories paint Hispanics with a...

I can't believe you actually pay money for the childish rantings of Molly Ivins. Why not save her time and your space by regularly printing "Molly Ivins hates all rich...

In "Key lawmaker defends WWII internment of Japanese" (News, Feb. 6), Rep. Howard Coble (R-N.C.) said that he agreed with President Franklin Roosevelt's decision to intern Japanese-Americans because "some probably...

I'm amazed by the number of people who leave their car doors wide open while they rummage through their bags or juggle their coffee, their heads often buried in the...

In its Jan. 15 editorial "Obstruction of justice," the Tribune takes issue with me for blocking the many proposed reforms to the capital punishment system. The editorial ignored several important...

Letter writer Charles Buscemi ("Outlaw religion," Voice of the people, Nov. 6) states that "It is high time for reasonable, logical, non-superstitious people to call for the elimination of organized...