Once we knew who and what to honor on Memorial Day: those who had given all their tomorrows, as was said of the men who stormed the beaches of Normandy, for our todays. But in a world saturated with s… more →
Chicago NewspapersJim Bowman wrote 9 hours ago: Very cautious Chi Trib story here, about second-graders at Beye School, Oak Park. The kids spe … more →
Jim Bowman wrote 4 days ago: The latest from ACORN: Shockingly, we now learn that the ACORN office in National City (San Diego Co … more →
Jim Bowman wrote 3 weeks ago: Dennis Byrne finds much to complain about in Illinois and Chicago corruption: Chicago is wimp city. … more →
Jim Bowman wrote 3 weeks ago: It was amazing. The Nov. 2 column by Laura Washington left me speechless, which since I’ … more →
hmk139 wrote 1 month ago: back when towns weren’t one-paper towns, the internet didn’t exist. yet there was still … more →
Jim Bowman wrote 1 month ago: Can’t we Catholics all get along? Or get things straight? In the October 23, 2009 … more →
Jim Bowman wrote 1 month ago: Sun-Times front-pager, dominating it, is about former heavyweight champ Ernie Terrell bailing out of … more →
Jim Bowman wrote 1 month ago: Opened my Chi Trib on this Sunday morning, feast of Christ the King, being the last Sunday in Octobe … more →
Jim Bowman wrote 1 month ago: Colleen Kane has an excellent story in Chi Trib about high school athletes as non-academic. One numb … more →
Jim Bowman wrote 1 month ago: A Fenger High neighbor who subs in city schools and whose wife taught there tells “Why they fi … more →
Jim Bowman wrote 1 month ago: How is David Greising (D.-ChiTrib) like Rep. Danny Davis (D.-IL)? Give up? Neither consi … more →
Jim Bowman wrote 1 month ago: Here’s an amazing bit of Obama coverage you will never find in a U.S. sheet. It’s … more →
Jim Bowman wrote 1 month ago: Look out, old-timers, they’re coming after us: To avoid “very ugly” fare hikes and … more →
Jim Bowman wrote 1 month ago: The health care revamping has been on my radar mainly for its cost and its dumbing down, as it were … more →
Jim Bowman wrote 1 month ago: I asked a bonafide media expert a few years ago why, besides his conservatism and their liberal … more →
Jim Bowman wrote 1 month ago: Is this guy for real, or what? President Barack Obama has refused to meet the Dalai Lama in Washingt … more →
Jim Bowman wrote 1 month ago: Daley is the big loser in the wake of Olympics-gate, says Don Surber, blogger for the Charleston (WV … more →
Jim Bowman wrote 1 month ago: Obama has found a lot to keep him busy while Afghanistan simmers: Just after proclaiming October as … more →
Jim Bowman wrote 1 month ago: LA Times has a story that makes the seasoned observer wonder if the White House isn’t throwing … more →