Oath upheld, but at what cost?
Whatever your politics or your views on the Iraq war, the admission by Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) that as a member of the Senate Intelligence Committee he knew that America...
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Outrage misplaced over phony-ID raid
North Michigan Avenue merchants, joined by hundreds of nearby Gold Coast residents, today angrily marched in protest of a raid by heavily armed federal agents on a fake ID ring...
Court ruling abets life, logic
Reacting to last week's Supreme Court ruling upholding a federal law banning partial-birth abortion in most cases, Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) said he agreed with Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. As...
Let parents rule on kids’ issues
With the development of a vaccine that protects women against cervical cancer, some people think it is a good idea to require that all pre-pubescent girls be inoculated. That, indeed,...
Games plan tough to follow
Hey, wait a minute. I thought that Mayor Richard M. Daley said holding the 2016 Olympics in Chicago wouldn't cost taxpayers anything. Now we discover it could cost hundreds of...
Handgun bans’ logic got shot full of holes
Our good and well-meaning friends in Chicago, Wilmette and other towns that have outlawed the possession of handguns, even in the sanctity and privacy of the home, might want to...
Moral musings instead of fiscal management
"What I'm proposing is big, and historic. It solves all the problems we've been talking about for 30 years." --Gov. Rod Blagojevich, describing his budget Nothing better reveals Blagojevich's delusions...
Cons outweigh pros here
If all goes according to plan, the bulldozers will arrive sometime after midnight to start knocking down thousands of Chicago homes to clear a path for the Crosstown Expressway. That's...
Mayor-for-life reigns in a faux democracy
And now, a question from the department of metaphysics: Is it really a democracy when nearly everyone votes for the same guy, whether the reason is that he has ......
Health-care check, please
It's nice and compassionate that Cook County is giving away free health care to thousands of people from the collar counties. But with Cook County looking at a deficit approaching...