by Larry Greenfield | Jul 13, 2012 | Opinion
The sordid story of John the Baptist’s execution boils down to being faithful to one’s oath. (See Mark 6:14-29 for the longer version; Matthew 14:1-12 for the shorter one.) Herod Antipas (son of Herod the Great) could be criticized for a lot of things –...
by Bob Allen | May 24, 2007 | News
Rainbow PUSH Coalition founder and president Jesse Jackson is organizing a protest rally this Saturday at a suburban gun shop that he said sold the majority of guns connected with recent shooting deaths in Chicago. A longtime advocate of tougher gun laws, Jackson has...
by Bob Allen | May 17, 2006 | News
African-American clergy on Monday boarded a Chicago Transit Authority bus for a symbolic ride calling for stricter gun laws and more community presence on local buses and streets. Later, hundreds of students walked out of a south side high school to honor a classmate...
by Jodi Mathews | Apr 29, 2003 | News
Police in Chicago have been told not to enforce a 100-year-old ordinance that bans public swearing, which critics say violates the right to free speech. A federal class-action lawsuit filed in March claims a city ordinance banning “indecent acts and words”...
by Roger Thomas | Jan 30, 2003 | Opinion
It has been reported that the visually stunning “Moulin Rouge” revived the movie musical last year. If that is true, then “Chicago” (the film based on the Bob Fosse stage musical) is continuing to stoke the fire started by “Moulin...
