Chicago Mayor Richard Daley, who has regularly brutalized the English language, amusing and embarrassing audiences for decades, announced that he has retained an agency to book him for speeches nationally and internationally after he leaves office in May. According to the Chicago Tribune, Daley has signed with the Harry Walker Agency, a company that sets […]

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I got a lot of positive feedback on my comments about the hyper-driven act of the “Chicken Little” weathercasters. Last week, they were right for once, calling correctly the 20 inch snowfall here in Chicago. And while we are in the middle of an Arctic blast of cold weather, the hyperbole is out in force […]

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After the Bulls and many other teams were stiffed when LeBron James and the other two amigos took the mega-millions from the Miami Heat, the Chicago Bulls needed to make a splash on the free agent market, and they did, signing Carlos Boozer. So far, Boozer’s time with the Bulls has been limited by numerous […]

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After the Bulls and many other teams were stiffed when LeBron James and the other two amigos took the mega-millions from the Miami Heat, the Chicago Bulls needed to make a splash on the free agent market, and they did, signing Carlos Boozer. So far, Boozer’s time with the Bulls has been limited by numerous […]

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I’m a bad guy. When I heard that singer-songwriter Jimmy Buffett fell off a concert stage during a show in Sydney, Australia and was admitted to a hospital, I could only think that he walked off the stage in a coma induced by his music.

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I don’t like to criticize casting choices in movies, even if I care that the movie is good. For example, I thought the people who complained about Daniel Craig being James Bond before “Casino Royale” came out weren’t giving him a chance (and he was very good in that film and the problems with “Quantum […]

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Ever since the Bears and Packers won their NFC Divisional Playoff games last weekend, the hype has been off the board. Pictures of Halas and Lombardi graced the papers; Butkus, Bart Starr, President Obama, and Mike Ditka have all chimed in on who they are rooting for. “The Biggest Game in the History of the […]

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