317 stories by "Don Hall"
Office of the Mayor121 N LaSalle Street ChicagoCity Hall 4th FloorChicago, IL 60602info@chicagoforrahm.comDear Mayor Emanuel,Full disclosure: I didn't vote for you.It's OK. I've been a Rahm…
...that every American would sincerely benefit with a thicker skin, a bit more self control, and the understanding that the "pursuit of happiness" is truly a waste of time....that the fact t…
CHICAGO (Reuters) " A white public school teacher in Chicago has filed suit against the city's board of education after he was suspended for using a racial epithet during an in-class discuss…
Don't get me wrong. There are plenty of dangers in the world. Human beings manage to survive weather, predators, and the ill-fated consequences of their own myopic stupidity by the skin of…
RACEBy David MametDirected by Chuck Smithpresented by The Goodman TheatreDisclosure: I paid $152.00 for two tickets to see this. That's nearly a dollar per minute.In order for a play -…
Stuffed and MountedSculptor Carl Turner has created a series of half-realistic, half-fantastical mounted animal heads that were seemingly poached out of a Dr. Seuss book. SOUR…
Senator Mitch McConnell317 Russell Senate Office BuildingWashington, DC 20510http://mcconnell.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?p=ContactFormDear Senator McConnell,First, let me wish you an early …
...that sometimes I embrace the concept of "I'll sleep when I'm dead." and other times I just sleep LIKE I'm dead....that there is huge benefit in creating a plan, step by step, and then hav…
I read a study recently that questioned children on what they wanted to be "when they grew up" and the most popular answer (at least the one that stuck out in my mind) was "famous."And I tho…
You know that feelingWhen the Earth seems to shuffleAnd your feet lose purchaseAs if Gravity has taken a kneeAnd the chair you're on is tipping overOne way or anotherWhen you see very clearl…
GOP presidential candidate Rick Santorum said Sunday morning he would try to overturn any Supreme Court decision in favor of same-sex marriage if he became president.Santorum was asked by&nb…
Whitney Houston died this weekend.To hear the public relations of the glitterati, this was a tragedy, a shock, a horrible unforeseen thing.Heartbroken and in tears over the shocking death of…
As we look into the basic effectiveness of the immediate protest and reversal of the Komen/Planned Parenthood funding decision, it merits a bit more examination as to why it worked when so m…
One of Twelve Over ThirtyLooks like Eric and Andy rank me among such notables as Emeril LaGasse, Peter North and Bilal Dardai in their tribute to "12 Over 30":We here at Iews started thinkin…
Wow.Did you hear?The organization that has, for decades, actively ignored those within it's ranks to sodomize children, provided legal cover for child rapists, marginalized women and is a ha…
In keeping with my resolutions, I'm going to write an email and a snail mail to people in power and send it off. I'll post them here and will add any responses I get.tcook@apple.comApp…
"They've got a foreign policy that shows a lot of weakness," Hannity said. "I know the President will say they got bin Laden, putting that aside.""And the public gives him credit for that," …
...that those who run and hide when the Kosacks come are survivors, to be certain, but survivors who must live with the shadow of their cowardice. And if you live in cowardice, do not …
...And What Seems to Really Matter to We AmericansThe recent kerfluffle over the Komen decision to no longer fund Planned Parenthood - then switched to continuing to fund Planned Parenthood …
...at least according to Alabama State Senator Shadrack McGill:Teachers need to make the money that they need to make. There needs to be a balance there. If you double what you're paying edu…
OK.I'm now 46. We know that. Now I make changes.I've always felt that a birthday is a better time to "make resolutions" than New Year's primarily because New Year's is everyone's holiday. Th…
Wow.Forty-fucking-six years old today.And I am NOTHING like I thought I'd be.I wish I could say that I had plans on what 46 would be but when I was in college, I simply KNEW I would be dead …
How is Your Heart?-- Charles Bukowskiduring my worst times on the park benches in the jails or living with whores I always had this certain contentment- I …
...that the central conflict of a Consumerist Society is between the convenience of the consumption versus the human costs of the production of that which we consume. If you can't find…
