The King and his court
Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan, D-Chicago, has declared his latest bogus attempt at campaign finance reform as “squarely in the mainstream” of reform efforts nationwide.
Sadly, he’s probably right. With the U.S. Supreme Court seemingly on the verge of…
It’s right out of a John Grisham novel:
A company owned by a coal tycoon is sued for illegally destroying a rival business — and gets whacked by a jury. The verdict comes in at $50 million, plus punitive damages. When the case…
In this thriller, a gutsy Missouri House Speaker takes on voter-approved term limits . . .no wait. He does that in this editorial. We don't know what the book is about.
On Nov. 3, 1992, Missouri voters overwhelming approved a constitutional…
Louis Susman
Last Thursday, I opened the paper to read that President Barack Obama had named “Chicago businessman Louis B. Susman” as the new U.S. Ambassador to Great Britain and Northern Ireland. Suddenly, I was hit by a wave of nostalgia.
There…
