No place in baseball for smokeless tobacco
My feelings about tobacco took shape at the bedside of my father in November 1959. I was a sophomore in high school when lung cancer took his life. He was...
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Durbin stands his ground
Last week, an editorial in this paper criticized letters I sent to financial supporters of the American Legislative Exchange Council. ALEC, as it's known, is a secretive organization that convenes...
No more silence on gun limits
What will it take? What will it take for a majority of Americans to speak out for a sensible firearms policy in our nation? It will take more than a...
The predatory nature of some for-profit colleges
Anyone who watches daytime TV has seen ads promoting for-profit colleges like the University of Phoenix or Kaplan University. An eager young person tells you that one simple phone call...
U.S., county must find solutions
It's no secret that Cook County's public health system is in trouble. What isn't widely known is that the federal government came close to making things much worse. Fiscal problems...