In case you're wondering . . . The president-elect has not told his advisers whether or not he will use his full name -- Barack Hussein Obama -- when he's sworn in as the 44th president of the United States.

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I spent time in Washington, D.C., last week, and it was amazing how many people were watching the Obama clock.

They say you can lose a husband and it doesn’t hurt as much as it does to lose a close girlfriend.

For decades, scribes have asked: "Has the dream died?"

Sen. Barack Obama is now President-elect Obama. Everyone I ran into on the day after Illinois' adopted son made history agreed that it is going to take awhile before the reality sets in.

It was definitely a different kind of party. An early shot of the hordes of people racing through Grant Park like cattle said it all. As did the fact that the Rev. Jesse Jackson's entrance at about 6:50 p.m., through the gate reserved for the press, was barely noticed.

Last-minute thoughts on the election: Waiting for this election campaign to be over is like waiting for a baby to be born.

Even in these dire economic times, there are people who still reach out to help others.

Most of us wouldn't know whether or not a judge should be retained. That's why ratings provided by law associations are so critical. But unfortunately, for a couple of reasons, those ratings are suspect.

You can cut the sadness with a butter knife. The murders of Darnell Donerson and Jason Hudson, the mother and brother, respectively, of Oscar-winning star and recording artist Jennifer Hudson, have turned conversations around this town from politics to a heinous whodunit.