Sometimes the best or only recourse when a fool commits an offense against basic decency is public shaming.
Remember back in February, when everybody thought drumming Rod Blagojevich out of Springfield would usher in a new era of responsible adult behavior?
A new alarmist study says what most Chicagoans already know: Far too many Chicago Public Schools students are failing.
So now we read that Lou Piniella of the Cubs is the manager for whom major league ballplayers least want to play.
Six years and three months after the United States invaded Iraq, the first chapter of our military's withdrawal has finally begun.
Precisely because we believe affirmative action efforts to hire and promote minorities are sometimes essential, we paradoxically find ourselves agreeing with a Supreme Court ruling Monday that white firefighters in New Haven, Conn., were victims of unfair racial discrimination.
Why is it whenever someone in the Daley administration gets tangled up in a hiring abuse investigation, the mayor invokes family values?
In a perfect world, all schools would have hired all their teachers by now, allowing for a smooth and seamless start for the next school year.
If the Olympic Games are to be a rousing success in Chicago in 2016, the whole city has to get behind it. But that won't happen unless average Chicagoans feel confident the city is looking out for their best interests.
Our guess going in was that Patti Blagojevich wouldn't do much to repair her public image by eating bugs on a reality TV show.
Say what you will about Michael Jackson — and everything will be said in the next few days — he was an American thriller, one of the most brilliant talents of our times.
The inevitable is here: CTA service cuts. The Regional Transportation Authority, the CTA's parent, voted Thursday to reduce the CTA's budget by $35 million. That's on top of a $155 million hit the CTA already absorbed in April.
We're loath to second-guess the decision of Judge John J. Fleming to let a thug of a cop, Anthony Abbate, walk away without doing prison time.
John Callaway never met a subject he didn't devour. And his town, Chicago, is richer for it.
For now we can only watch and wait -- "bear witness," in the words of our president.
When Gov. Quinn's proposed income tax hike failed in the Illinois House last month, a theory quickly emerged to explain why so few Democrats had supported it:
Too bad William G. Osborne was convicted in Alaska, rather than in Illinois, of kidnapping and sexually assaulting a prostitute.
Chicago has grown weary of Mayor Daley's autocratic ways.
Right decision. Wrong judge. Justice Charles Freeman last week authored and voted in favor of an Illinois Supreme Court decision that clears the way for older judges -- judges like him -- to run for retention.
Talk about chutzpah. A Chicago couple decided last week that nothing would them from meeting under the chuppah -- Jewish wedding canopy -- not even a case of swine flu.
There are moments just ripe for education reform. This is one of them.
Over the years, White Sox manager Ozzie Guillen has take some hits for being insensitive, and rightly so.
When Pat Quinn stepped in as governor earlier this year, he acquired a big stick for the first time in his political life.
Was anyone surprised when Sammy Sosa's name surfaced as the latest player who tested positive for performance-enhancing drugs?
Not so long ago, Mayor Daley promised he could pay for his Olympic dream with "not a dime" of taxpayers' money.
Faced with money problems in tough economic times, Chicago public schools CEO Ron Huberman is not simply cutting the system's budget.
The more we learn about the Tony Cole scandal, the more we're forced to question the credibility of Cook County Board President Todd Stroger.
Even in places where you'd least expect it, the kids of same-sex parents are being singled out.
Mayor Daley got it right Thursday when he was talking about politics, the Daley clan and clout: "Perception is everything."
Trent Reznor is fed up with Twitter. Let us quickly explain to get everyone up to speed.
Federal Magistrate Judge Martin Ashman had a tough decision to make the other day.
Chicagoans are rightly proud of their glorious ribbon of lakefront. Tourists marvel at it.
The United States has few good options when it comes to trying to free two American journalists thrown into prison in North Korea this week.
How about getting 50 percent off the price of a cab fare, day or night -- as long as you're willing to share the ride with a stranger headed in the same direction or to the same place?
The scandal of allowing marginal students -- or worse -- with clout into the University of Illinois isn't going away.
Sen. Chuck Grassley, a Republican from Iowa, has joined the Fake Outrage Over Obama Club.
Sometimes, we Chicagoans are smart enough to figure out things on our own.
For years now, Chicago has enjoyed an international reputation as a foodie heaven.
It's strange how a slight change in perspective can enrich what we know about history.
What do we call these people who live in the shadows beyond reason and plot to kill us?
