In at least one respect, George W. Bush's presidency is closing out like Bill Clinton's -- in pursuit of that most elusive of U.S. foreign policy goals, a peace agreement ending the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
You have to feel sorry for Illinois state lawmakers. They live in a world where you don't have to ask for a raise, you get it automatically, unless you say no.
Rowers are coming to Bubbly Creek. The water is clean enough that their oars won't dissolve. This is progress.
Rosetta Prince gets giddy when she talks about shopping at Wal-Mart: "It's just nice, and they have a variety of things. I love Wal-Mart," Prince practically sings. "I would love to have one in this neighborhood." Prince, a 60-year-old nursing assistant, lives in the South Side middle-class enclave of Chatham.
Housekeeper, teacher, cook, computer operator, laundry machine operator, janitor, facilities manager, chief executive, van driver and psychologist.
Cook County President Todd Stroger had a chance at recommending a sterling board to run the county's ailing health care system.
A newborn baby boy is dropped off at a Southeast Side fire station. He lives.
A Sun-Times editorial: Hillary, it's time to call it quits. Don't do it for Barack Obama. Don't do it for the Democratic Party. Do it for a nation that is ready for, and has everything to gain from, a vigorous general election campaign, one that pits the Democratic and Republican nominees long enough to really show us who -- Obama or Sen. John McCain -- would be the better president.
Cook County President Todd Stroger had a chance at recommending a sterling board to run the county's ailing health-care system.
It's easy to sneer at the Latin School of Chicago, a well-connected private school with tremendous resources and a tuition few Chicagoans can afford.
Play for us, Riccardo Muti. Give us Verdi and Tchaikovsky, Beethoven and Bach.
The city's blue bag recycling program was like some horror-movie zombie that wouldn't die.
Parents cannot afford to put off getting their daughters vaccinated against the human papillomavirus: It's a matter of life and death.
Illinois parents and kids are beating down the doors to get into the state's 35 public charter schools.
At first glance, the gas tax break looks like a winner. Who couldn't use a few more bucks this summer, a little relief at the pump as gas prices soar?
Either the student exists, or the dean made him up. In the resolution of that mystery lies the integrity of one of the nation's top journalism schools.
Clifford Little wants Chicago's kids to live. Yet they keep dying, cut down by bullets, even a bat. Twenty-four Chicago Public Schools students have been murdered this school year; 34 were murdered last school year. Marches won't do it. Gun laws alone won't do it.
Cook County Public Defender Edwin Burnette has defended the poor in Cook County for more than 20 years, but these days he's defending himself.
The CTA's dramatic plan to create a truly rapid public transit system -- and make commuting by car even more expensive and time-consuming -- is just the right move for a city that calls itself "world class."
Tens of thousands of people are expected to march in Chicago today, May Day, also known as International Worker's Day. They are demanding immigrant rights and legalization for the 12 million undocumented immigrants in the United States.
The U.S. Supreme Court this week upheld Indiana's voter identification law, considered the strictest in the nation. It requires voters to show government-issued photo identification, such as a driver's license or a passport.
Miley Cyrus' parents are the ones who should be embarrassed.
The Cook County judge overseeing the R. Kelly criminal case is worried that the upcoming trial will turn into a three-ring circus.
Being gay in high school must be hard enough without having to walk past a guy in the hall wearing a T-shirt that says, "Be Happy, Not Gay."
On Monday, Todd Stroger faces a critical decision regarding the county's health-care system.
It took U.S. Olympic Committee Chairman Peter Ueberroth to remind us that Chicago's greatest strength is its ethnic diversity. All too often we focus on how our city's jumble of cultures divides us.
Individuals might treasure their personal data like Social Security and credit card numbers, but identity thieves can buy them cheap and in bulk online. Credit card numbers go for as little as 40 cents each. A matching name, Social Security number, address and date of birth cost just $2, according to security experts.
Cook County Board President Todd Stroger, if you're feeling you get a bum rap from the media, here's a little advice that might help:
When it comes to attacking the problem of plastic shopping bags, Chicago is thinking small.
Editorial: We can't stop trying. The problem is guns. No, it's not about guns. The problem is our schools. No, we can't ask our schools to solve all the problems that flow from broken families and broken neighborhoods. But we can't stop trying.
Gov. Blagojevich wants to lease out the state lottery -- hand it over to the private sector -- to bring in a windfall of at least $10 billion.
And now Sam Zell's own newspaper has abandoned him. The Chicago Tribune's editorial board announced the other day that it would "recuse" itself -- run to the sidelines, fold its arms and remain neutral -- from the debate over Zell's efforts to sell Wrigley Field to the taxpayers of Illinois.
Today we reversed almost every word on our front page, including our very name, and it was not some awful mistake.
Once, dirty jokes were the worse thing scrawled on school bathroom walls, not death threats.
The federal appeals court in Chicago, in a ringing denunciation last week, called the Daley administration's old hiring system "a massive scheme to defraud," but City Hall still isn't hearing the music.
Alton Logan was 28 when we locked him up. He is 54 now. He lost 26 years of freedom for a murder that in all likelihood he did not commit.
This week's televised debate between Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama likely was their last.
We've got a friend who has a garage that should be torn down. It's a wreck. Our friend could hire somebody to do it, but why spend money? We suggested he call in a few firefighters from Country Club Hills to do the job.
When historians write the story of how U.S. Attorney Patrick Fitzgerald battled political corruption in our city, they will single out as a seminal moment this week's stunning ruling from the federal appellate court.
The granting of clemency to an ex-convict by a governor boils down to granting a favor. And as with any favor in government, the public deserves to know the details.
David Bigg was 46 and feeling fine when he stepped into a doctor's office for the first time in 20 years. Lucky for him, he showed up when he did.
When a teenager can legally stay out an hour later on the weekend just by crossing the street, you'll never see a kid move faster.
Welcome to America, Pope Benedict XVI. You arrive on a wave of goodwill and better wishes.
Chicagoans savor their city's traditions. Come spring, the Cubs play ball in Wrigley Field.
The Chicago Latino Film Festival began 24 years ago by projecting 14 movies onto a wall at St. Augustine College. Now the highly respected festival, though it has become an annual event that screens more than 120 films at five Chicago theaters, is in danger of becoming homeless.
