Featured Writers Column Summaries
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July 30, 2008
State Sen. James Meeks (D-15th) has a flair for the grand stage. On first glance, a call for a boycott by Chicago Public School students on the first day of school so they...
May 22, 2008
The way the Chicago City Council on May 14, under the stern and approving eye of Mayor Daley, lifted the ban on selling foie gras in restaurants, really sticks in my craw...
May 20, 2008
The other morning my three children befriended a spider they found living in a candleholder. This is the type of thing kids who are denied pets do. They called it...
May 6, 2008
With all this chatter about winning with honor in Iraq and not supporting U.S troops, one resounding question was answered five years ago.
We won. How do I know? The...
April 18, 2008
I hope Southwest Side aldermen consider what might happen in their wards in the future before approving Mayor Daley’s new pet project: relocating the Chicago...
March 24, 2008
A day off from work can be therapeutic in a number of ways. My wife was celebrating her birthday and we decided to spend it together, free, for one day at least, from the...
March 10, 2008
The five victims shot and killed in Cole Hall at Northern Illinois University have been laid to rest. Tears have been shed as their memories and presence are still fresh in...