Don’t believe the Obama hype
Beginning Tuesday night, the Democratic National Convention will be faced with answering the question: What did you do? It's the natural follow-up to the promise that rang out four years...
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The politics of rape and abortion
In the 1988 presidential election, Republicans successfully hanged Democratic presidential candidate Michael Dukakis with Willie Horton, a convicted murderer who committed a rape and assault after he was furloughed. Horton...
The politics of rape and abortion
In the 1988 presidential election, Republicans successfully hanged Democratic presidential candidate Michael Dukakis with Willie Horton, a convicted murderer who committed a rape and assault after he was furloughed. Horton...
The lies Team Obama tells women
Little else illustrates the "real choice" that voters will be asked to make in this year's presidential election than the Obama campaign's juvenile Web ad, "The Life of Julia." Julia,...
The lies Team Obama tells women
Little else illustrates the "real choice" that voters will be asked to make in this year's presidential election than the Obama campaign's juvenile Web ad, "The Life of Julia." Julia,...
Historical truths or fabrications?
Wednesday is the 200th anniversary of the Fort Dearborn Massacre. Notice that I said massacre, daring to challenge the crusade to relabel it the Battle of Fort Dearborn, the result...
Historical truths or fabrications?
Wednesday is the 200th anniversary of the Fort Dearborn Massacre. Notice that I said massacre, daring to challenge the crusade to relabel it the Battle of Fort Dearborn, the result...
Pension raiders
When you paid your Cook County property tax bill last week, you may have noticed how much government employee pensions are costing you. Under the bill's "pension" column, I noted...
Pension raiders
When you paid your Cook County property tax bill last week, you may have noticed how much government employee pensions are costing you. Under the bill's "pension" column, I noted...
Challenges to same-sex marriage
First Ward Ald.Proco "Joe" Moreno's attempt to keep a fast-food chain out of his Northwest Side ward because the company's boss opposes gay marriage is so patently unconstitutional that it...