R. Bruce Dold

She turned down the bed at the Jurys Inn in Belfast, a Protestant maid with a sweet smile and a certain opinion about why her homeland was known around the...

Mayor-to-be Bobby Rush was quick to claim victory in last week's court ruling on City Council elections, quick to demand thyat Mayor-to-be-replaced Richard Daley "rise above his pettiness" and change...

In a tragic coincidence, the pope, the president and the editor of a big city newspaper die on the same day. They all go to heaven. The pope is assigned...

A few weeks ago I thought out loud about changing my name to Rory Bruce Fitzpatrick so people in Chicago would march like lemmings to the Commentary page on Fridays....

Peter Fitzgerald is supposed to be the candidate of Sen. Carol Moseley-Braun's dreams, just the kind of right-wing opponent she needs to have a prayer of getting re-elected after her...

It's a funny thing about politicians in these parts, every time they touch a gun they shoot themselves. This year the victim of his own gunslinging is a Republican state...

It seems like people will go to any lengths to avoid getting involved in dreary, boring politics this year. Turn off the TV, turn off the phone, anything to turn...

The last time I saw Harry Caray he was standing on the third base dugout at Wrigley Field on a brutally hot afternoon in summer, early enough in the day...

You say you've got that queasy, where's-my-billion-dollars-going feeling, and can't quite figure out why? Here are some possibilities. It might be because the Cook County Board is in such a...

Glenn Poshard has been on a roll in the race for governor, picking up big-time labor endorsements, placing a strong second in the new Tribune poll and airing a folksy...