Still waiting for answers on beach asbestos
If you're headed to Illinois' most popular beach this weekend, what do you know about asbestos fibers in the sand you'll be sitting on or your kid is making a sandcastle with?
If you're headed to Illinois' most popular beach this weekend, what do you know about asbestos fibers in the sand you'll be sitting on or your kid is making a sandcastle with?
Soaring taxes lead to sore taxpayers
There it was, right in front of me, the face of the Dump Todd Stroger Revolution. I witnessed it at the Starbucks on Racine and Wrightwood at 6:38 a.m. Tuesday.
No time for Obama to play it safe
Barack Obama, elegant practitioner of political pragmatism, sounded passionless last week talking about guns. His careful tiptoeing after the Supreme Court's landmark decision overthrowing a Washington, D.C., handgun ban gave Republican John McCain the opening his wobbling campaign has been aching for.
Obama needs to launch dialogue on sexism
Carol Marin: Barack Obama's historic presidential race opened a new, crucial national dialogue on race. Now, he needs to do the same on gender. When Hillary Clinton introduces Obama to her big fund-raisers Thursday at a private gathering in Washington, D.C., followed by a joint public rally Friday in Unity, N.H., neither stagecraft nor symbolism will carry the day without a palpable sense of sincerity between these two titanic candidates.
Carol Marin: Barack Obama's historic presidential race opened a new, crucial national dialogue on race. Now, he needs to do the same on gender. When Hillary Clinton introduces Obama to her big fund-raisers Thursday at a private gathering in Washington, D.C., followed by a joint public rally Friday in Unity, N.H., neither stagecraft nor symbolism will carry the day without a palpable sense of sincerity between these two titanic candidates.
Fraud probe raises intriguing questions
Carol Marin: There was a federal arrest at O'Hare Airport 13 days ago that was curious. A Las Vegas-to-Chicago flight landed, carrying a number of retired Chicago cops and at least one still on the force, Joseph A. Grillo. Grillo and the others had been working part-time jobs, doing security for one of the big trade shows in Vegas.
Carol Marin: There was a federal arrest at O'Hare Airport 13 days ago that was curious. A Las Vegas-to-Chicago flight landed, carrying a number of retired Chicago cops and at least one still on the force, Joseph A. Grillo. Grillo and the others had been working part-time jobs, doing security for one of the big trade shows in Vegas.
Scrambling for seats at the seat of power
Carol Marin: Right from the get-go, let's stipulate to three political truths: One, House Speaker Michael Madigan is very smart. Two, the impeachment memo written by his staff that leaked last week was beyond stupid. And three, the ship of state we call Illinois is listing in the water, causing some of the deck chairs to begin rearranging themselves.
Carol Marin: Right from the get-go, let's stipulate to three political truths: One, House Speaker Michael Madigan is very smart. Two, the impeachment memo written by his staff that leaked last week was beyond stupid. And three, the ship of state we call Illinois is listing in the water, causing some of the deck chairs to begin rearranging themselves.
A commuted sentence, and a life reborn
Carol Marin: Ten days ago, I took a trip I wouldn't have predicted. This is a story about a near-execution, a graduation and a decision by former Gov. Jim Edgar that has delivered unexpected consequences. It's a story about rising up and reaching down.
Carol Marin: Ten days ago, I took a trip I wouldn't have predicted. This is a story about a near-execution, a graduation and a decision by former Gov. Jim Edgar that has delivered unexpected consequences. It's a story about rising up and reaching down.
