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Call it the campaign strategy for 2010 – any Democrat who doesn’t play along with the GOP attempt to scare Chicago with talk of terrorists hitting the Willis Tower or O’Hare International Airport is going to get attacked anyway.
Now I understand that campaigns are about criticism and trying [...]

The Damaso Marte whom I recall pitching for the Chicago White Sox back in the mid-2000s (including the ballclub that won the World Series in 2005) may have had outst
We have exactly three months from Monday until the primary Election Day in Illinois. Then, we have exactly 9 more months until the general election is co
I’ll give the “Mighty Quinn” the benefit of the doubt when he says now that he’s inclined to sign into law
The World Series begins Wednesday, and some of us will take some
It’s “tick off” time.
In my mind, the World Series this year just got interesting.
I have been to enough rallies and events as a reporter-type person in which the conservative opposition to Barack Obama v
There are those people who want to believe that “guilt by association” with now-impeached Gov. Rod Blagojevich will cause many Democrats to go down to defeat come Election Da
I’m curious to see the so-called Chicago zoned coverage that is being propose
There are times when people do things politically just b
Back in the days when I was a reporter-type person covering the Illinois Legislature, one of the few legislators wil
It’s going to be a common sight for the next few days at the Statehouse in Springpatch – various groups are going to sen
I’ll state it up front. Today, I’m a grumpy old man who’s going to tell you how much better things were when I was young. So if you’re one of those 18-year-olds wh
The Republican Party’s field of candidates for Illinois governor is a mass of candidates of varying ideological thought processes, including a pair of candidates who are going t
Even if President Barack Obama had unanimous political support across the nation, there’s no way he could have done anyt
I couldn’t help but notice Friday the portion of the University of Chicago’s website devoted to the fact that so many recipien
I woke up Wednesday and flipped on a television, only to have my first conscious moment of the day become a graph
After spending the summer months watching the Cook County Board engage in purely political actions against each other, it wa
Once again, we can see why it is a mistake to automatically assume the Supreme Court of the United States is some ideological mac
Call it one of the quirks of being the transportation hub of the United States.
I can already sense the “glee” in the words of the so-called “gun nuts” who learned Wednesday that the Supreme Court of the United
When President Barack Obama insisted he could not be present in Copenhagen on Friday to learn whether his adopted hometown gets the 2016 Summer Olympi
I must admit to finding it humorous whenever a contemporary baseball manager complains about how the moder
How many of you remember the Chicago Sun-Times’ attempt a couple of years ago to have some fun at the expense of Sam Zell and the Chicago Tribune by organizing a conte
This could be a new technique – those who are convicted of criminal offenses get out of prison and sue everybody they can t
I must admit to being a little bit amazed at the thought that the Chicago Police Department was formally cutting off the detail that was
Milton Bradley was supposed to be a hard-hitting outfielder who would help the Chicago Cubs overcome their shortcomings
I got my chuckle when I picked up a copy of the Chicago Sun-Times (and not just from that photograph of President Barack Oba
In theory, I want to give the Chicago Park District a pat on the back for taking a hard line stance with regards to the
Perhaps it was the effect of the Allegra that he said he took Wednesday morning, but Cook Coun
There is a part of me that has never understood why the presence of certain people should
There’s only one statement I can positively make. The attention span of Chicagoans on Friday was focused on a Springfield. Of cours
Usually, I detest having to write about political polls.
It amazes me to learn when government officials use pri
One moment I remember from Ken Burns’ early 1990s documentary “The Civil War” was listening to the late Southern historian Shelby Foote talk about how the conflict was caused b
I’m trying to figure out in my mind these days whether the upcoming campaign season is going to turn Jud
It is classic newspaper news dissemination – to learn something about a newspaper’s business operation, one has to read the competition.
Didn’t we just finish a Supreme Court nomination process?
It was Saturday night and I happened to be in downtown Chicago with about a half-hour’s worth of time to kill when I ventured into a bookstore on State Street.
Sometimes, I think people need to be reminded that their distaste for Cook County Board President Todd Stroger is not universal.
The Cook County Board took a month off during August for a summer “break,” but it appears th
I’m not sure what to think of the fact that Mark Kirk is u
One of my first jobs after completing a college education was one I often have alluded to in my commentaries publi
Illinois state Sen. William Delgado, D-Chicago, is about to get his moment of “glory.” Every na
I am now “friends” with Pat Quinn.
Did the head of the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency just get job securit
Roughly $2.7 million.
My mind is somewhat weary these days from all the hype it has encountered about the significance of what happened 40 years ago.
I couldn’t help but chuckle at the thought that a Chicago Cubs “fan” now faces some sort of criminal charge because he got caught up in the moment and let his beer cup
Gov. Pat Quinn might have the right idea by not getting all worked up over the thought that some of the largest counties in I
It seems he just can’t get those chants of “Roland, Roland, Roland” out of his head.
Rod Blagojevich, who has morphed himself into a radio talk show host who makes shameless television appearances and will soon come out with a self-s
There are a lot of films that like to think they’re about Chicago, even though about the only thing they do for the city is use the downtown skyline as a back
I’m about to “age” myself – I can remember the days when Illinois motorists received a brand new