O’Hare foes dream of own private Peotone
Look, up in the air, it's a bird, it's a plane--it's a flying debt machine. Not since the Wright brothers has there been a worse time to put a flying...
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CBOT’s Carey needs to be chief conciliator
What a time to be taking charge of the Chicago Board of Trade. The exchange is turning in record volume. That's the good news. The rest isn't so hot. Floor...
ComEd’s plan deserves to be short-circuited
There's something about ComEd's push for a mega-settlement of its biggest regulatory headaches that gives me the Soldier Field flinch. Haven't heard of the Soldier Field flinch? It's that irksome...
Blue economy headed for red zone with war
`Jobs and growth" is the title of President Bush's proposed economic stimulus package. This is a good thing. At the moment, the economy has neither. And the extended Iraq showdown...
McDonald’s needs a recipe for the future
To grasp the scale of the challenge facing McDonald's Chief Executive Jim Cantalupo, just think about the oil problem. Nearly six months ago, McDonald's announced it would switch to healthier...
Blagojevich idea awash in wishful thinking
Gov. Rod Blagojevich is caught in a box. It's a box partly of his own making, but it's tight and uncomfortable nonetheless. The state is facing a $4.8 billion budget...
Self-healing would help doctors’ cause
Thomas Pliura has an idea that goes beyond the doctors' protest he has organized Wednesday in Springfield. That's Thomas Pliura, M.D. And Thomas Pliura, Esq. Doctor and lawyer both, Pliura...
A global clang to La Grange xylophone strike
Ken Sieloff was in a soundproof room last Thursday, hitting chimes with a hammer, cocking his expert ear to the sound. One 4-foot-long brass tube was supposed to play A...
FCC ignores static from Bell spinoffs, Powell
I dissent from the chairman's dissent from the ruling that competition should continue in the nation's telephone system. Stick with me here. It's not as complicated as it first sounds....
E2 tragedy challenges calls for tort reform
Eazay Rogers had a life ahead of her. Three lives, actually. There was her life and the lives of her two young children She had a 3-year-old girl and another...