In the wake of Rod Blagojevich's arrest, the hardest thing for many people to believe isn't the depths of depravity he has been accused of sinking to, but that he did so with the full knowledge that he was under federal investigation. A common response to the news--at least for...

The recorded message for Mark Kirk starts off talking about bringing real change and reform to Congress, followed by the tidbit that the Chicago Tribune has endorsed Barack Obama for President and Mark Kirk for Congress. After listing some feel-good positions of the Congressman representing Chicago's north and northwest suburbs,...

At this point in the 2004 elections, you couldn't drive a block in my northwest suburban neighborhood without passing two Bush/Cheney yard signs , two more for Kerry/Edwards and a few for state and local candidates. It was even more prevalent than in 2000, when there seemed to be more...