Every goddamn day: 04/30/25

     You don’t often see a judge cry.      But Cook County Circuit Court Judge Lauren Edidin was repeatedly brushing away tears on Thursday ...

      I attended a graduation ceremony at Cook County Mental Health Court on Thursday, for a column running in Monday's paper. It's ...

   An email notified me Friday  that someone had "upvoted" a post of mine on Tremr: Is Donald Trump the President America Deserve...

  Carol Alvarado     "Did you hear the sirens?" Carol Alvarado asked in a grave tone as Kitty and I presented ourselves at the co...

     I tend to share emails that are laughably hateful or oblivious, out of hey-look-at-this amazement more than anything else. A typical sp...

Dobra Bielinski      Dobra Bielinski brought her own bread to China.      “They have white bread,” she said, dismissively, noting that her h...

     Indifference to professional sport is a hobby horse I've ridden for a long time now. It began because I was a fat kid, terrible at ...