Ask Amy
Six is a crowd with baby in the house - July 21, 2011 - Dear Amy: I am a 21-year-old girl, and I live with my mother, father, my brother-in-law and my older sister, who just had her first baby.
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Fred Mitchell's Around Town
Honor awaits Hemond - July 20, 2011 - Roland Hemond, former longtime White Sox general manager, will receive the Buck O'Neil Lifetime Achievement Award Saturday at the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, N.Y.
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Barbara Brotman
Like kids, elderly need to get outdoors - July 20, 2011 - One time when my mother was doing a stint in rehab — the post-fracture nursing home variety, not the Lindsay Lohan kind — I took her out of the New York facility and drove her to a nearby waterfront.
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Steve Chapman
The real effects of gambling - July 21, 2011 - Gambling has proliferated in America in recent years, and it's not about to stop. The Illinois Legislature has approved a bill authorizing more casinos as well as slot machines at racetracks. Ohio has four new casinos in the pipeline. Maine...
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Teddy Greenstein
18 holes with … Howard Moore - July 9, 2011 - Before stepping onto the first tee, Illinois-Chicago basketball coach Howard Moore pulled out a bag of golf balls. Yes, a bag. Not a sleeve.
David Haugh's In the Wake of the News
Gillick alone isn't enough to turn Cubs around - July 20, 2011 - Intolerable conditions Wednesday at Wrigley Field during a draining 9-1 loss to the Phillies tested the limits of how much a Cubs fan can endure.
Melissa Harris' Chicago Confidential
Northwestern prof works to give convicted teens second chances - July 21, 2011 - By the time Bernardine Dohrn drove more than 100 miles in her silver Buick with two lawyers to the Pontiac Correctional Center, a quarter-century had passed since Mark Clements began serving four life sentences for a 1981 arson...
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Philip Hersh
Timing not right for U.S. in 2020 - July 1, 2011 - While a U.S. bid for the 2020 Summer Olympics still seems very unlikely, USOC chief executive Scott Blackmun didn't rule it out this week.
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Jon Hilkevitch's Getting Around
Smartphone thefts boost CTA robbery rate, Chicago police say - July 11, 2011 - The robbery rate is running higher this year on the Chicago Transit Authority system, new data show, and police link the crime increase to "Apple picking" by young thugs stealing smartphones from passengers.
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Rex Huppke's 'I Just Work Here'
The big question: Raises - July 18, 2011 - So I hear about this guy named Mike Michalowicz, who has this idea that companies should institute "library hours," a chunk of time each day when everyone in the office shuts up, unplugs from the Internet and focuses on work.
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Chris Jones
First-class tour of 'West Side Story' sounds an authentic note - July 20, 2011 - THEATER REVIEW: "West Side Story" ★★★½ at Cadillac Palace I think it's fair to say this is your last chance to take an impressionable young person to the theater and say, "Look, this is 'West Side Story' as I remember it....
Gregory Karp
Does an agent fly for you? - July 15, 2011 - Hiring a professional to do something you could do yourself can be a good idea or a bad one. It comes down to the value you receive.
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John Kass
Salt on watermelon? Best Italian ice and the brain freeze? What's a summer for? - July 21, 2011 - With temperatures hovering around 100 degrees, what are the three most important questions to help us survive a long, hot summer in Chicago?
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Julia Keller
Selectric keys into simpler times - July 20, 2011 - Back when Apple was just another piece of fruit, back when a laptop was where you dandled an infant and a byte was a mosquito's idea of a hostess gift, along came the Selectric.
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Rick Kogan's Sidewalks
Marc Smith celebrates 25 years of poetry slams - July 15, 2011 - In the beginning was the word, and the word was with Marc Smith, and the word was "slam."
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Greg Kot
Lollapalooza 2011 on way to sellout, record attendance - July 20, 2011 - Lollapalooza is on its way to another attendance record when it lands Aug. 5-7 in Grant Park.
Gail MarksJarvis
Gold still shining, but some say plunge possible - July 20, 2011 - After Monday's nervous gold rush, gold drifted from its record $1,610 per ounce to $1,601 Tuesday, as investors felt less need for a safe haven and found the courage to buy stocks again.
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Nina Metz
Kitschy educational films got their start in Chicago - July 15, 2011 - In an educational film from 1969 called "Case Study LSD," a pretty blonde is seen partaking in the hallucinogenic drug as groovy psychedelic effects distort the picture. "I was pretty jacked up on marijuana and so I decided to try it," she says...
Clarence Page
Bachmann's 'submerged' benefits - July 20, 2011 - She's a famous foe of "big government" in her presidential campaign. Yet Rep. Michele Bachmann says it is no big deal that her family is reported to have received several hundred thousand dollars in government benefits.
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Michael Phillips
Documentaries are the real deal for moviegoers - July 21, 2011 - People ask "What should I see at the movies?" and lately the most reliable answers to that question have come from the documentary genre. Continuing this week at the Music Box Theatre, director James Marsh's "Project Nim" delivers the sort of...
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Mary Ellen Podmolik
Rulings keep homeowners' lawsuits on track - July 15, 2011 - Federal judges in Chicago and Boston have issued rulings in the past three weeks that keep alive two long-running lawsuits brought by homeowners, including two suburban Chicago residents, who have suffered as a result of the housing crisis.
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Dan Pompei
Bears should stay home for camp - July 20, 2011 - Sending an NFL team off to a training camp in a remote, steamy location surrounded by corn fields and two-lane highways is an idyllic notion. The concept of isolating players from family and friends, forcing them to rough it and encouraging deep,...
Howard Reich
Joel Paterson gives new meaning to Modern Sounds - July 15, 2011 - Guitarist Joel Paterson makes no apologies for playing music conceived long before he was born.
Phil Rogers
Some modest proposals for Cubs and Sox - July 20, 2011 - Just how "all in'' are the White Sox these days?
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Phil Rosenthal
Borders, Sun-Times moves: Turning pages in the increasingly digital era - July 20, 2011 - For decades, much of the power of the press was in the printing press itself.
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Ameet Sachdev's Chicago Law
Kirkland & Ellis expanding real estate practice - July 15, 2011 - Kirkland & Ellis is bullish on real estate — not actual property, but rather deals and dealmakers.
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Dawn Turner Trice
Final tribute sought for environmental activist - July 18, 2011 - The office for the environmental justice organization People for Community Recovery sits in the back of a strip mall in the Altgeld Gardens neighborhood. Inside the office is a photograph of founder Hazel Johnson with President Bill Clinton and...
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Phil Vettel
French, without the accent - July 14, 2011 - It's impossible for me to view Paris Club, the hip French bistro that opened in River North five months ago, without feeling a sense of loss.
John von Rhein
For Grant Park chorus master Bell, it's 10 productive years -- and counting - July 19, 2011 - Amid a hectic transatlantic schedule that has Christopher Bell shuttling each season between engagements in the United Kingdom and Chicago, he looks forward to the balm of summers spent working with his Grant Park Chorus. This year he is...
Ellen Warren
Is the heat melting your fashion sense? - July 16, 2011 - We've all been there. We're walking around, minding own business and then — ewwww.
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Jen Weigel
Keeping your mind on work when your brain's on the beach - July 21, 2011 - The sun is shining and you're having trouble staying focused at work. Is there a way to get motivated when summer is in full swing?
Jon Yates' "What's Your Problem?"
Problem Solver: Exposed gas line exposes rift - July 21, 2011 - Loretta Cook was fast asleep at her in-laws' house in South Carolina when her cellphone rang at 1 a.m.
Eric Zorn
Good days mask bad times for labor - July 20, 2011 - Tuesday was a good day for organized labor in Illinois.
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Julia Allison's Social Studies
How to avoid new-mom angst on Facebook - July 19, 2011 - DEAR JULIA: I am a mom of an 8-month-old and use Facebook regularly. Many of my Facebook friends have babies, too -- and, unfortunately, they brag about their perfect lives. I'm sorry, but when you're up all night with a baby or struggling to get...
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Matt Bowen
Waiting for name to be called on draft day nerve-wracking - April 24, 2011 - The dynamic of the NFL draft goes much deeper than first-round picks walking across the stage in three-piece suits (bought by their agents) to shake the commissioner's hand.
Dennis Byrne
How banks are assaulting the housing market - July 19, 2011 - America's big banks, among others, that helped send us spiraling into the Great Recession are at it again. They're warning of even more dire consequences if we don't follow their advice and raise the U.S. debt limit.
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Meghan Daum
Jaycee Dugard and the feel-good imperative - July 15, 2011 - To watch Diane Sawyer's interview Sunday night with Jaycee Dugard was to wonder at times if that was Dugard herself on screen or an actress hired to play the role of the quintessential survivor. Dugard was so serene and lacking in rancor that it...
Don Dziedzina
Don't let summer heat discourage fishing - July 8, 2011 - Summer's heat shouldn't stop you from fishing — if you go when the sun is low.
Leah Eskin
Natural selection - July 17, 2011 - The young naturalist is the self-sufficient sort. He gets up early and packs his knapsack with pocketknife, Band-Aid and plum.
Ilyce Glink
Program rebuilt for unemployed homeowners - July 20, 2011 - In 2010, the official unemployment rate stood at around 10 percent, and there were 5 people looking for every job that was available.
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Jonah Goldberg
Men behaving badly - June 3, 2011 - Rep. Anthony Weiner of New York is a very busy man. He sits on several important committees. He's newly married to a high-powered wife. He's planning a run for mayor of New York, which they call "the city that never sleeps" for a reason. In fact,...
Benny Kass
Avoid tax bite in saving brother's house - July 15, 2011 - Q: My brother bought his home about 15 years ago. He holds title only in his name, as a single man. He lost his job a couple of years ago. He is older and is having a difficult time getting rehired. Long story short: He is now in arrears (18...
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Joyce Lain Kennedy
Relocation rejection: Will career take hit? - July 20, 2011 - Q. My husband was offered a promotion and transfer to an office in the next state. He turned it down due to housing and related issues. It was just too difficult, and we would have lost money. Do you think his turndown hurt his career? -- N.G.
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Charles Krauthammer
Who takes us to war? - June 27, 2011 - WASHINGTON — Is the Libya war legal? Under the 1973 War Powers Resolution, it is not. President Barack Obama has exceeded the 90-day period to receive retroactive authorization from Congress.
Dan McNeil
Bowman needs to make some moves - June 30, 2011 - Hockey on Fourth of July weekend? You bet. I love Rocky Wirtz.
Robert Pagliarini
Don't ask an expert -- ask the crowd - July 18, 2011 - I want to help you get healthier, become motivated, make more money, deepen your relationships, create more energy and live a better, fuller, richer life, but I don't think I can do it alone! You see, writing books, speaking at seminars, emailing...
Kathleen Parker
The just-vote-no crowd - July 12, 2011 - WASHINGTON — A debt crisis is a terrible thing to waste in a presidential election season, and Democrats and Republicans alike are responding on cue.
Mark Pearlstein
Labor costs raise concern as market values decline - July 17, 2011 - Q: As a condominium board treasurer for many years, I have watched our labor expense grow over the last decade. The boards I served on really were not concerned about this expense when property values were steadily increasing, but now that the...
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Leonard Pitts
Bin Laden's efforts to rebrand al-Qaida - July 5, 2011 - One thinks of that scene from "The Wizard of Oz" where Toto pulls back the curtain and the "great and powerful Oz" is revealed to be only an old man manipulating a smoke and fire machine. "Pay no attention to that man behind the curtain!" bellows...
Janet Portman
Move-out rights apply when foreclosure strikes - July 15, 2011 - Q: I rented a condo last summer, planning to stay for a year. No formal lease was signed. The landlord told me in the winter that he was having trouble making his mortgage payments, and sure enough, the place was sold in April and I was given...
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Dean Richards
'Harry Potter's' Rupert Grint ready for new challenges - July 15, 2011 - NEW YORK CITY — I first met the stars of the Harry Potter movie series a decade ago.
Daneen Skube
Get recharged at work! - July 18, 2011 - Q. Sometimes I get really exhausted dealing with people issues at work. Other people don't seem to find the politics so tiring. Am I just a wimp?
David Sobolewski
'We had bigger goals' - March 21, 2011 - Obviously, the Benet team and community had an extremely rough time with the unexpected end to the season.
Joe Trost's Corner Kicks
Girls soccer | Joe Trost's Corner Kicks: Madison County teams sweep the state tournament - June 9, 2011 - Darren Geisler, an avid soccer fan from downstate Illinois, sent an email last week thanking me for picking Granite City to advance to the semifinals of the Class 3A state tournament last weekend.
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Mary Umberger
What you should know about selling on your own - July 15, 2011 - If you think the greatest question of all eternity is "what is the meaning of life?" then you haven't been in the real estate market lately.
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Bob Weber
Blue smoke means oil burn - July 19, 2011 - Q: Do you feel the service advisor was being deceitful when he told me over the phone that the piston rings were wearing inside the engine of my 2003 Toyota Camry and that it would cost a minimum of $1,000 to repair? When I picked up the car,...
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George Will
Who will bat against 'Alibi' Obama? - July 8, 2011 - "If he popped up in the pinch he should of made a base hit and the reason he didn't was so-and-so. And if he cracked one for three bases he ought to had a home run, only the ball wasn't lively, or the wind brought it back, or he tripped on a...
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