HEY, IF IT’S ALL RIGHT WITH THEM
It has been an interesting career for Coy Pugh. He has been sentenced to prison for unlawful use of a weapon, for theft and for drug possession. He has been...
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CIVICS 101
Lloyd Lehman died last week. You probably didn't know him, but you might have voted for him. He was the Cook County regional school superintendent. The odd thing is, nobody...
THE PROBLEM WITH SOFT-PEDALING VIOLENT BEHAVIOR
It all would be so much easier to sort out if seven young black men had gone to a lunch counter in Decatur and been told they wouldn't get served....
WINNING UGLY
The Chicago Bar Association puts on a show each Christmas where the lawyers dance a little, tell a few jokes and sing some songs. This year, they should learn the...
CHICAGO KEEPS GETTING DUMPED ON
What a lucky break for John Christopher. It's Indian summer in Chicago and he got the week off. But then Christopher always seems to get the breaks. Here is an...
BEEN THERE
If the Republicans who run the U.S. Senate had any sense, they would have let Carol Moseley-Braun quietly slip off to Auckland to enjoy a nice rest. President Clinton has...
A CUTBACK IN ILLINOIS POLITICIANS
Democrats from these parts were walking around Washington this week with deeply furrowed brows and tight grimaces, their noggins flush with grave thoughts about the threat of annihilation. Was all...
NEW AND IMPROVED?
Al Gore moved his presidential campaign from Washington to Nashville this week. This is supposed to mean something significant. "It is a new day," the Nashville Cat said. "A new...
TRIGGER THINKERS
The most critical gun-control debate of 1999 has been coming to a head with few people outside Washington paying any attention, maybe because no one has shot up an office...
JUST PASSING THROUGH
FAA, airlines share the blame for problematic security measures at the nation's airports So, what happened to the guy in the green shirt? It has been a couple of weeks...