GOP gingerly embraces tea party
Republicans can do very well in November if their fellow Republicans don't get in the way. Republicans are expected to make big gains in the midterm elections, winning the House...
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With less than two months to go until the November midterm election, a clear winner is beginning to emerge as the year's hottest political buzzword. Who could forget — no...
Daley and Bush: Parallel lives
At first glance, the Democratic mayor from Chicago's bungalow belt didn't seem to share much in common with the Republican Texas governor. But Mayor Richard M. Daley's surprise announcement that...
Daley and Bush: Parallel lives
At first glance, the Democratic mayor from Chicago's bungalow belt didn't seem to share much in common with the Republican Texas governor. But Mayor Richard M. Daley's surprise announcement that...
A mayor who showed his love
You may hear some Chicagoans mumbling "good riddance" to the news that Mayor Richard M. Daley has decided not to run again. Don't let the grumps fool you. Chicagoans love...
Wage peace or lose your stuff
When gang leaders go out of their way to tell the media that the latest police crackdown tactic isn't going to work, the tactic already may be working. That was...
Beck-a-palooza!
It's so hard to please some people. After pulling off the most spectacular publicity stunt since his fellow Fox News-man opened Al Capone's vault, Glenn Beck complains that media failed...
Beck-a-palooza!
It's so hard to please some people. After pulling off the most spectacular publicity stunt since his fellow Fox News-man opened Al Capone's vault, Glenn Beck complains that media failed...
Speak Ebonics? DEA is looking for translators
Speak Ebonics? You may have a future at the Drug Enforcement Administration. Yes, academics and culture warriors may argue endlessly over the merits of "black English" as a subject to...
Swearing off the N-word
Oh, no, Dr. Laura. Don't go there. That's what crossed my mind when I heard that Laura Schlessinger, better known as the blunt-spoken and socially conservative host of radio's highly...