Dearly departed: Good riddance
I shall not be among the thousands of people lining up to get a ticket to hear President Barack Obama give his farewell address at McCormick Place. I am rather...
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The bad circus we all must endure
"A national political campaign," wrote H.L. Mencken, "is better than the best circus ever heard of, with a mass baptism and a couple of hangings thrown in." But the circus...
Why not Colin Powell?
One of my few regrets in a drab and entirely uninteresting political life is that I never got to vote for Colin Powell as president of the United States. I...
A Biden-Trump campaign would set a new low — which might be good
Was I alone in having my heart jump when, this past Sunday, I read in Maureen Dowd's column in The New York Times that Vice President Joe Biden is seriously...
Gossip and journalism: A dangerous mix?
I was writing a book on gossip when I read Dan Rather's remark that the news is discovering something someone doesn't want known. I was struck by how close this...
WHAT OTHERS ARE SAYING
To be denied election [Mayor Richard M.] Daley would have to have been proven to have ties to Al Qaeda or to have been caught copping quarters from the poor...