I first wrote about my hatred for the Sun-Times back in April of '04 when they started their "The Bright One" campaign. I said, "Maybe they're referring to last week when they ran a large picture of Nicholas Cage walking down the street because he was here in Chicago filming a movie, while the Tribune's front-page dealt with the 9/11 commission. Or perhaps last Sunday, when the Sun-Times' front-page story was on how many dogs (and what breeds) live in each zip code in Chicago, while the Tribune had a special report on the economy." Bright!

Then there was the time, during the '04 Senate races and the Jack Ryan scandal, that the front page of the Times had pictures of both Ryan and former Governor Jim Edgar with the headline, "RYAN: I told Edgar everything. EDGAR: No, he didn't." Now that's journalism!

And let's not forget my horoscope in the Sun-Times back in '05: "Love is on the rocks...but are we talking happy hour or stormy beach? For you, it could be either (or both) on any given day." Wha-?

Which brings me to today. In big letters (taller than an inch, people) the front page of the Sun-Times asks, "Is Al Gore right?" above a picture of the globe. Forget the years (decades, even) of research and data that went into Gore's movie, An Inconvenient Truth, the paper phrases its headline in a way that sounds as if Al Gore might have been just making things up about the earth. But now that we've had a warm winter we may have reason to believe him.

The headline goes on: "Former Vice President Al Gore has been warning the nation about global warming. Is he on to something?" As if global warming might not be real. Next the Sun-Times will probably have a headline asking "Is Charles Darwin right?" Evolution you say? Oh that wacky Darwin may just be on to something!

Oh Sun-Times, you make my head hurt.