Rosie’s rant won’t work in Wheaton
Don't search for entertainer Rosie O'Donnell on the faculty of Wheaton College, a distinctively Christian school in the western suburbs. Especially after O'Donnell made headlines last week by asserting that...
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Saying goodbye to home–the place of our lives
The girls made me put the hammock back up. After all, swinging in the hammock was one of their most favorite things to do at grandma's and grandpa's house, and...
He can run but can’t hide
Quote of the day: "They thought I've lost my mind." --Chicago Mayor Richard M. Daley Having brought it up himself, does the mayor wish to make his mental health an...
9/11 conspiracies are a crying shame
The fifth anniversary of Sept. 11, 2001, is two weeks away, but the screeching from the conspiracy monkey house already is upon us. The "9-11 truth squads" are planning a...
Immigration issue indeed one of morality
It has been a long time, but Slim Coleman finally has his mug back on television and in the papers. It took Elvira Arellano--the picked-upon illegal immigrant who as of...
Widening the racial divide
Residents of the Near North Side Cabrini-Green low-income housing project may have a lot to complain about, but not the shooting of a 14-year-old boy who menaced police officers with...
Key to energy reform: Let our oil prices soar
I'm rootin' for higher gas and oil prices. And honest environmentalists would admit that they are too. Am I insane? No more insane than folks who would wait until the...
Blagojevich’s budget of smoke and mirrors
It takes a huge helping of gall for Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich to blame his Republican gubernatorial opponent, Judy Baar Topinka, for a $5 billion state budget deficit that he...
Fiefdom politics in Cook County
Aristocracy --Government by a small group of people, especially hereditary nobility. Or maybe feudalism is a more apt description of Cook County government as run by Democratic Party bosses, as...
In search of employment
We suburbanites will have to send Chicago City Council members our thanks if they make it harder for big retail stores to operate in the city. It'll mean more sales...