Every goddamn day: 04/30/25

Antonio Cox      This story came from chasing a bogus New York Post story about armies of homeless people living at O'Hare airport. It t...

        It's Easter, again. Being a full-service columnist, I should come up with some Easter content, for those who celebrate. Though I...

Martin Luther King Jr, by Joseph Stein (National Portrait Gallery)       If I had to point to the most significant writer in Chicago today, ...

     Well, look at that. Turns out Paul Vallas wasn’t a Republican after all. How can I tell? Easy. His swift, gracious concession Tuesday n...

Adams Memorial, by Augustus Saint-Gaudens (Smithsonian)      Gordon Gregg was my friend in kindergarten, and still is.      True, our relati...

     Passover begins Wednesday night. The holiday where Jews sit late into the evening, delaying dinner while they give thanks for freedom. ...

      "How did you know  about this place?" I asked my wife. We were in Sarah's Tent Kosher Market, a sprawling supermarket/re...