R. Bruce Dold

A few years ago, in his usual blunderbuss way, Senate President James "Pate" Philip said that giving more funds for Chicago Public Schools would be like "pouring money down a...

Hey, Gov. Get-a-Job, you want a job? Come on down to Illinois. We pay $27,000 a year more than you're getting in Wisconsin. You can keep your house in Elroy....

Thirty years ago this Sunday, Lyndon Johnson signed the Voting Rights Act, which brought thousands of African-Americans to the polls for the first time. It put an end to "literacy...

The first piece of hate mail aimed at state Rep. John Jones of Mt. Vernon hit the homes of his district in February. In bold letters it said: "John Jones--Your...

In the solitude of his air-conditioned living room, with the lights dimmed to an appropriate level for sober reflection, Mayor Richard Daley should prepare to declare Oct. 22 as a...

So you`ve joined the legions who have discovered bowling, the sport for the New Generation. Everybody`s doing it. At Marigold Bowl on West Grace Street, for example, there`s a gay...

They`ve been trickling through the doors of the former optometrist`s office on West 63rd Street for the last month, going about the business of ''saving'' the Southwest Side from panic-peddling...

If you`ve been to the lakefront lately, you`ve seen them. They`re everywhere. They stand in close ranks like sentries, rudely interrupting the vistas of water, sky and land. There`s a...

Chicago has resisted the notion that it is a provincial metropolis, somehow less knowing because it doesn`t look out on the Pacific Ocean or the Hudson River. Now along comes...

Disorganized, resentful and jealous of each other, Mayor Richard Daley`s opposition-the one group that could put an end to the extended honeymoon he still enjoys as he marks his first...