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The ‘essence’ of marriage

While the inevitability of same-sex marriage now is a given — the only question remaining is when — I’m still trying to locate the why.

When President Barack Obama last week endorsed same-sex marriage, the perception grew that the only…

Keynote speaker President Barack Obama (center) greets family members at the memorial. The 31st Annual National Peace Officers’ Memorial Service was held outside the U.S. Capitol building in Washington D.C. Tuesday morning.

Barnard College graduates listen to President Obama on Tuesday as he delivers their commencement address in New York.

Senate confirms Oak Park lawyer as new Chicago-based federal judge

The U.S. Senate today voted 86-1 to confirm Chicago lawyer and former federal prosecutor John J. “Jay” Tharp Jr. to a vacant judgeship on the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois.

Tharp, 51, becomes the fifth federal…

President Obama shakes hands with Ricky Martin at a campaign fundraiser at the Rubin Museum of Art in New York City.

Same-sex marriage

In the wake of North Carolina voters’ overwhelming approval of a state constitutional amendment defining marriage as one man, one woman, President Barack Obama announced that he now supports same-sex marriage.

Obama explained, “I’ve always been adamant…

Protesters rush into building housing Obama campaign headquarters

Dozens of demonstrators dashed into the Loop building housing President Barack Obama’s campaign headquarters this morning, slipping past security guards and running up escalators as they kicked off what they called a “Week Without Capitalism.”

Eight…

President Barack Obama smiles before he delivers the commencement address for the 2012 graduating class at Barnard College. (Reuters)