 During the flurry of commentary last week about Texas Gov. Rick Perry's lengthy, embarrassing brain lock during a televised debate among Republican presidential hopefuls, a reader pointed me to the word "lethologica." | Bad medicine: Very rich and the very poor Twenty years ago, I worked as a technical advisor to Harrison Ford while he filmed "The Fugitive" in Chicago. I was assigned to help him with medical dialogue and to instruct him on how doctors think so he could create his character, the film's protagonist, Dr. Richard Kimble. |  | Page: Scandal culture snagged Paterno In a bracing understatement, Penn State football coach Joe Paterno, 84, uttered a tragic epitaph to his abruptly ended legendary career: "With the benefit of hindsight, I wish I had done more." |  | And on the 7th day, they rested. On Thursday, Illinois lawmakers fled Springfield for their homes after a do-little veto session spread over three autumn weeks. The legislators, who actually had convened for six days, couldn't claim exhaustion: As the headline atop Friday's Tribune reported, one legislator described the skimpy work product of the General Assembly as "slackluster." | | Will Israel bomb Iran? Speculation over an Israeli bombing mission to destroy Iran's nuclear program is at fever pitch. | |  | |
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