Wall Street and the Nest Egg Principle

A s Wall Street continued circling the toilet bowl, I kept thinking of a scene from an Albert Brooks movie.

A good deed on a bad day at U.S. Cellular Field
Candice Lombardo knew something was wrong after she handed her tickets  to the attendant at U.S. Cellular Field. The tickets for the Sept. 30 game — the one that would put the Sox in the playoffs — were bought from a scalper for $150. The tickets wouldn't get her and her son into the game, but some members of Progressive Baptist Church would help her bad day become brighter.

The King of Carnivores is crowned at Fatburger
Even in these lean economic times, there's one sure way to get fat. Just stop in Orland Park and consume a triple-decker at the new Fatburger restaurant, the first of its kind in the Chicago area. Eat the entire thing and the staff will publicly pronounce you the "King of Carnivores."

America's bailout of the knuckleheads

Sue Flynn is flabbergasted by a story in this newspaper on Tuesday about a 59-year-old nurse who bought a $480,000 home in 2006.

Don't hold your breath for that $450,000 check

A mericans still dream of getting something for nothing.

Widow has a question: 'Where's my bailout?'

A s 72-year-old Gloria Basile, of Oak Forest, watches Congress trying to cope with the national economic crisis, she's facing her own.

Taxpayers tell congressmen: No bailout

S crew the fat cats. That's the message Southland residents are sending their congressmen on the federal bailout caused by the mortgage crisis.

Why not loan Wall Street money?

Y our 401(k) has turned into a 201(k), but now Wall Street is asking you for a bailout.

A former newsman faces home foreclosure

Ken Masson could be a poster boy for the nation's home foreclosure crisis. Or the health insurance crisis. Or the credit card crisis. Or the unemployment crisis. But that's not likely because his problems are mostly of his own making. He admits as much.And even if that's typical of millions of Americans who are in financial trouble these days, society isn't ready to admit it.

School bus driver gets lost in the suburbs

Rachel Murillo became concerned when her daughter, a 19-year-old high school student who has Down syndrome, failed to arrive home on the school bus by 6 p.m. Thursday.

Please bail me out, Mr. President

My congratulations to President Bush on the resourcefulness he has shown in the face of the current economic crisis.

Poorest suburbs pay highest tax rates

I hate numbers. One number can spoil an otherwise perfect column.

Pols conning voters on Con-Con

Politicians in this state are so sleazy that even a vote to hold a constitutional convention is corrupted by their touch.

Stop me before I take another bribe

I'm not a believer in ethics legislation. No matter how many laws you pass, crooks are always going to be crooks.

Honor Flight takes local vets to WW II Memorial

He's seen the Pacific Ocean "smooth as glass" below the equator, been tossed like a beach ball on 40-foot-high waves during typhoons and watched a ship with hundreds of troops aboard sliced in two by a torpedo.

If your mayor was president ...

With Republicans claiming that small-town mayors are qualified to be president, I decided to ask Southland mayors how they would run the country.