Signs of the Times

This feature will give you three must-clicks from the Sun-Times each morning. It will take, on average, four minutes to write.

It's hard to believe that it'd been six years since a police officer had been killed in the line of duty here in Chicago. The author plays kickball just a few blocks from where the incident happened and certainly wouldn't classify it is a terrible neighborhood.

The White Sox may not ever lose again. Juan Uribe might also need to start packing his bags if this Alexei Ramirez kid is going to keep playing like this.

Does anyone really think A-Rod and Madge are "turning two" behind closed doors. Wouldn't this be about the stupidest thing that the Human Lightning Rod for Criticism could do -- give his critics more fodder?