Once upon a time there was a Mom, who tried her best to be a good Mom and to be fair with all her children. Her children, like all children, didn't really appreciate this and were always telling her she did more for one or the other of them than she did for all of them. "You love her (him) more than you do me", was an oft heard refrain from one or the other. Though the Mom felt bad about her child...
2. Playing Politics
Illustration
Andrew M. Greeley
The Mayor stared at Mike, his face unreadable. Mike felt his own smile fade.
"Election contributions are funny things, Mike." Daley’s tone turned nostalgic. "I remember when I was running for sheriff, a man came from our friends on the West Side and offered me two hundred and fifty thousand dollars. That was a lot of money in those days. I told him I didn’t want his money, and he turned around an...
