Every goddamn day: 04/30/25

     The fire hydrant on the northwest corner of Damen and Fulton is “jumpy.” Meaning, in Department of Water Management parlance, that wate...

George Dunne, foreground and Mayor Richard J. Daley, at 1968 Democratic National Convention.      "Very nice," reader Dave Bahnsen...

    Dan Rostenkowski's name was mentioned at a party Thursday night — bidding a belated farewell to my colleague Mark Brown, who officia...

Ofrendra by Norma Rios Sierra (Field Museum)      Unlike you, I actually read books of contemporary poetry. Because they float my way and I ...

Berea Triangle, postcard circa 1960.      There's a line in the Pete Townshend song "White City Fighting" that crosses my mind...

  Noah Webster seems to grasp the concept in his 1828 dictionary.      Readers regularly fall into a trap I call the “Two Definitions Proble...

      A heavier than usual load of reader mail Monday. While prudence dictates that most go unanswered, I responded to more than I probably ...