Editorial: Welcome to the big leagues, Gov. Tim Walz
Given the time constraints, Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris conducted a cautious and orderly process as she vetted her various options for vice president. It was pretty clear by Monday...
View ArticleNathan D. Smith: Ken Griffin’s new dinosaur fossil, Apex, belongs in an...
The Tyrant King has been overthrown or, rather, outbid. A Sotheby’s auction recently ended in the record-breaking $44.6 million sale of the Stegosaurus fossil known as Apex, leaving previous auctions...
View ArticleLetters: Lives have been upended by the Cook County assessor’s office
Regarding Sunday’s article on the Cook County assessor’s office (“Misclassifications, missed millions”): I am amazed at the complete incompetence of Assessor Fritz Kaegi and his staff. How can he...
View ArticleJerald McNair: To do their part for democracy, educators should avoid...
As the new school year begins, schools must be prepared to deal with this tumultuous time in American history. The assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump’s life was a wakeup call. When...
View ArticleClarence Page: Donald Trump and the ‘controversy’ over Kamala Harris’ racial...
Former President Donald Trump’s confusion about race could be hilarious, if it were not so pathetic. He left a lot of listeners, including me, somewhat puzzled by his latest revelations on the touchy...
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Sheldon H. Jacobson: US has dominated Paris Olympic Games, but world records...
The United States’ performance at the 2024 Paris Olympics has been magnificent, as most people expected. Simone Biles and the entire women’s team dazzled viewers with their gold medal performances in...
View ArticleEditorial: Council opponents of Brandon Johnson policies are the ‘new...
So now aldermen who oppose various controversial initiatives of Mayor Brandon Johnson are the “new Vrdolyak 29”? That’s a reference to the rump group of aldermen who formed an intransigent opposition...
View ArticleLetters: The White Sox are unwatchable
We Sox fans are getting lots of reasons (excuses) for this season. But let’s point something out. The Sox are hardly the first team to do a rebuild. But no team in the history of baseball has ever...
View ArticleEditorial: The unfortunate rhetoric of US Rep. Cori Bush as she lost her...
Losing is no fun, whether it’s a pick-up pickleball game, an Olympic final or an election for national office. So we surely sympathize with Rep. Cori Bush, who lost her Democratic primary in Missouri’s...
View ArticleWillie Wilson: Democracy dies when viewpoints are muted, censured and voters...
The National Association of Black Journalists were right to invite the leading candidates for president to their annual conference for a question and answer session. They should have invited all...
View ArticleSen. Marco Rubio: Democrats vote against auto workers and American-made...
It was a stunning scene. Dozens of people packed into a Senate committee room on Aug. 1 witnessed one party stand with America’s auto workers and the other stand with big corporations. In years past,...
View ArticleLetters: Mayor Richard M. Daley’s legacy isn’t worth celebrating
I’m sure the Tribune opinion editors will hear a lot about this. Here’s another one! Apparently, all it takes is a name and maybe a connection to get a sizable opinion piece into the Tribune. I’m...
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David Borris and Jack Lawlor: Commemoration of the Hiroshima, Nagasaki atomic...
Within four months after the atomic bomb attacks against Hiroshima and Nagasaki, 31-year-old war correspondent John Hersey went to Hiroshima, interviewed survivors and wrote a series of stunning...
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Editorial: Sonya Massey tragedy shows it’s better for municipalities to be...
The shooting death of Sonya Massey by former Sangamon County Sheriff’s Deputy Sean Grayson was a tragedy that could have been avoided with better and more thorough hiring practices by the sheriff’s...
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David McGrath: Summer, before technology took over, was a time for imagination
Each year when the dog days of summer roll around, I long for the breezy shores of Lake Beulah at Camp Richards, near East Troy, Wisconsin. It served as a Catholic summer camp for boys starting in...
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Allan Ripp: ‘The Bear’ has nothing on my wife’s cooking as caregiving
There’s a wonderful moment that arrives late in the new season of “The Bear,” the Emmy-studded Hulu series about a motley crew of Chicagoans striving (with much creative angst, yelling and dropped...
View ArticleElizabeth Shackelford: Will democracy be restored after the ouster of...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina was once a sign of democratic hope and prosperity for Bangladesh, but with time and power, she turned autocratic. Her efforts to entrench her rule, however, finally failed....
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Chicago Tribune Opinion welcomes new architecture columnist Edward Keegan
Edward Keegan will be writing a new architecture column for the Chicago Tribune. His first piece will be published Sunday and is about the new towers being built at 400 North DuSable Lake Shore Drive....
View ArticleTribune Opinion quotes of the week ending Aug. 10
This week, many Americans were introduced to Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz for the first time after Vice President Kamala Harris named him her running mate — and he’s got jokes. The Olympics continued, with...
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Letters: Lollapalooza’s takeover of Grant Park is part of a bigger problem
Thank you to Karina Atkins of the Tribune for writing about the major disruptions caused by Lollapalooza (“Sounding off,” Aug. 6). City, Park District and business leaders emphasize the financial...
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