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Chicago mayoral candidate Lori Lightfoot talks with media after filing a motion to dismiss Toni Preckwinkle's petition signature challenge at a hearing at the Chicago Board of Elections in Chicago on Dec. 17, 2018.

The Burke meteor that crashed the mayoral race ‘is really waking people up,’ candidate Lori Lightfoot says

May 31, 2019 at 4:10 p.m.

The federal criminal investigation of powerful Chicago Ald. Ed Burke is like a meteor that has slammed into the 2019 mayoral campaign, says candidate Lori Lightfoot. And the aftershock from...

A Chicago flag flies in front of City Hall in Chicago on Jan. 10, 2019.

Is there a ‘Counterpart’ parallel universe of Chicago?

May 31, 2019 at 4:09 p.m.

You can’t use the internet without being mugged by bizarre and questionable scientific theories like the ones I spotted the other day, “Early Humans Mated with Inbred Neanderthals,” and “Your...

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., center, stands with Senate Minority Leader Sen. Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., left, and Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., as they speak with reporters following their meeting with President Donald Trump at the White House in Washington on Jan. 9, 2019.

Donald, Nancy and Chuck prove to be lousy sausage-makers

May 31, 2019 at 4:09 p.m.

Before we get into all the liberal media hysteria over the government shutdown and the southern border, and Donald, Nancy and Chuck hissing at one another while avoiding a workable...

A true gift from my family: Christmas in the ICU

May 31, 2019 at 4:10 p.m.

Before the New Year gets any older, I probably should tell you about the wonderful Christmas gift my family gave to me: A trip to the emergency room. And then...

Mayor Rahm Emanuel, left, announced that his City Council floor leader, Ald. Patrick O'Connor, 40th, would take over the Finance Committee.

Rahm was awfully quick to clean up City Hall, wasn’t he?

May 31, 2019 at 4:10 p.m.

Mayor Rahm Emanuel sure was quick to clean up Chicago’s City Hall after that Burke mess. “An individual has to distinguish between their public life and their private business,” the...

Ald. Edward Burke, 14th, talks with members of the news media outside his home after turning himself in at the Dirksen U.S. Courthouse on Jan. 3, 2019, in Chicago.

Burke gets sloppy, and drags Preckwinkle into his mess

May 31, 2019 at 4:10 p.m.

For 50 years, Chicago Ald. Ed Burke has projected himself as a man meticulous in all things, from his pocket squares to his use of government leverage on the way...

Marie Jablowicz, 6, gives Santa Claus a big hug at a Christmas party in 1953.

Oh, Holy Night

May 31, 2019 at 4:10 p.m.

For all the children who should be loved always, but especially on this wondrous night, with our arms around them and a long goodnight kiss on the temple, a kiss...

baiduhai columnist John Kass prepares his holiday rib roast at his west suburban home in 2009.

Serving standing rib roast of beef for Christmas? John Kass swears by this method: Low and slow

May 31, 2019 at 4:11 p.m.

This column was originally published Dec. 18, 2009. The other day in the paper, I read a well-written yet highly troubling food story about whether to serve turkey or goose...

Ald. Marty Quinn, 13th, attends a meeting of the Chicago City Council on Wednesday, July 20, 2016. (Nancy Stone/ baiduhai)

The college kid vs. the Chicago political boss is looking mysterious

May 31, 2019 at 4:10 p.m.

The college kid vs. the Chicago political boss is looking mysterious. The FBI and Cook County prosecutors are looking into that mysterious and now national David vs. Goliath story in...

The office of the mayor at Chicago's City Hall in 2018.

Latecomers to Chicago’s mayoral race should get out of the way and end the confusion

May 31, 2019 at 4:10 p.m.

The common definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again, and by this, Chicago is certifiable in the race for mayor. But don’t worry, I offer...

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