What about the 90 who played it straight?
The lessons in a Kansas school about students stealing other people's work have been much discussed, and you would think that just about every side has been considered. But the...
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Mary, this is Heather; Tyler, this is Bill
You out there, Mary? How about you, Tom? Bill? Chuck? Frank? Jim? Bobby? Apparently not. And therein lies a tale. The Social Security Administration keeps a list -- has for...
In the hush of the museum, good rockin’ tonight
It's probably just as well that my father is no longer living, because this would kill him. The steam used to come out of his ears when he would see...
`You are little boys again, lost in the dark’
One of the great unreported stories of the war on terrorism is the war itself -- at least the part being waged far from the United States. The Pentagon has...
Think of this as an e-mail from the pope
With so many compelling stories dominating the news, something said recently by a very bright man received little notice. The man usually doesn't have much trouble being widely quoted. He...
Elvis’ laundry needs a home in Lincoln Park
Finally, the time has come. I just knew that if I waited long enough . . . This Friday, at the Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum of the Chicago Academy of...
When the dice are hot, we don’t ask why
There is one part of the Enron story that many people don't like to think about too much. It may hit a little too close to home. It's easy --...
The price for torturing a child? 90 days
This is disgusting. This one makes you feel like giving up. There has been a verdict and sentencing in the case of Sean Von Eric Marshall -- one of the...
Kmart, Target and the store on your lap
The big retailing headline story in recent days was the bankruptcy filing by Kmart Corp.; the analysis centered on how Wal-Mart and Target stores were on the way up, and...
What if they fought a war with no name?
President Bush wants $50 billion more for the war on terror, but regardless of whether he gets it, a question worth asking may be: What is the war on terror...