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Faith leaders: Chicago lacks checks and balances to executive power
The upcoming election is dominating our attention, our conversations and our media feeds. In addition to anxieties over outcomes, we are concerned about our role as the electorate in national...
View ArticleEditorial: Quick takes on ballot referenda in Skokie, Oak Park, Glencoe and,...
Voters in various jurisdictions in Illinois will see a variety of ballot questions when they enter the polling booth. We’re not weighing in on all of them but here are five where we have a firm...
View ArticleTribune Editorial Board endorsements for the 2024 general election
Illinois voters head to the polls again on November 5 for the election, with candidates appearing on the ballot for president, Congress, Illinois General Assembly, Illinois Supreme Court and local...
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Letters: Regarding the presidential race, my No. 1 issue is the economy
Cutting to the heart of the art of hiring, billionaire businessman Warren Buffett has observed that the three things he looks for in job candidates are intelligence, energy and integrity. If the last...
View ArticleWilliam T. Cavanaugh: Christians’ comparison of Donald Trump to Cyrus the...
The primary biblical warrant that evangelical Christians use to justify support for Donald Trump is the figure of Cyrus the Great, the Persian king who conquered the Babylonians in the 6th century...
View ArticleClarence Page: Is Donald Trump a fascist at heart? Close enough for me.
Donald Trump and MAGA loyalists may scoff at the charge that he’s a fascist, but let’s face it: He at least offers a remarkably good imitation. The f-word came up prominently as radio host Charlamagne...
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Editorial: Brandon Johnson must return the money he got from Lil Durk, now...
In August 2022, the Grammy Award-winning rapper from Chicago known as Lil Durk bankrolled an attempt to avenge a prior killing and murder a rival in Los Angeles, according to federal charges filed late...
View ArticleLetter: What is happening to the Harris-Walz yard signs in Park Ridge? Theft.
Many are asking why there are so few Harris/ Walz signs displayed in Park Ridge. The answer is that several hundred have been stolen around the city from private property as well as from public...
View ArticleJohn T. Shaw: During a time of hatred toward immigrants, here’s how...
Statesmanship is rare in American politics. It’s even rarer during political campaigns. And it’s virtually nonexistent when it comes to political campaigns and immigration. I assumed we had hit rock...
View ArticleJoe Ferguson and Bob Boik: Use Chicago’s budget crisis to prompt a management...
Chicago’s daunting budget crisis will require the mayor and the City Council to make some difficult decisions in the days ahead. While we recognize cuts will be needed, we urge the mayor and the City...
View ArticleDaniel DePetris: Is there really an ‘axis of evil’ set on destroying the US?
If we didn’t know any better, we might flip through the newspaper and conclude that the international order the United States helped construct after World War II was coming apart. We might also be led...
View ArticleLetters: Assumption about male voters’ views ignores an important consideration
I believe there’s a serious problem with the way many of Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris’ supporters — and possibly her campaign itself — have been framing the gender issue in terms of...
View ArticleEditorial: Brandon Johnson has a choice in his upcoming budget: Stick it to...
The city of Chicago is at a pivotal point in terms of its fiscal health. Mayor Brandon Johnson has little but unpleasant choices before him as he prepares to release his proposed 2025 city budget on...
View ArticleEditorial: McDonald’s fickle McFlurry machines are now more fixable. That’s...
With an E. coli scare linked to some of its Quarter Pounders, likely the slivered onions thereupon, McDonald’s and its franchisees have had a rough go of late, as reflected in its share price...
View ArticleAngela Tovar and the Rev. Scott Onque: We need Peoples Gas to work with us on...
You might have heard about or received anonymous mailers attacking your Chicago City Council member for “giving greedy utilities a monopoly on heating our homes.” But those claims — which come from...
View ArticleLaura Washington: Newspapers are under assault and vanishing to our detriment
No matter who wins on Election Day, the nation’s newsies will be left playing a losing hand. My sisters and brothers of the Fourth Estate have taken a brutal beating in these treacherous political...
View ArticleEditorial: Mayor Brandon Johnson, your city hiring freeze looks like slush
Any government official who has mandated a hiring freeze knows that the first thing they will hear from department heads is how any such declaration cannot possibly apply to them. “We’re too...
View ArticleLetters: Donald Trump’s Madison Square Garden rally was revolting
Donald Trump’s Madison Square Garden rally with his sycophants on Sunday evening was repulsive and disgusting and reminds me of when my parents, my brother and I had to flee from such a dictatorial...
View ArticleStephen J. Lyons: I miss the time of presidential reverence
I am old enough to remember a time in our country’s history when a president was someone to respect and emulate. John F. Kennedy’s book “Profiles in Courage” was an inspired read to this scruffy South...
View ArticleEditorial: CTU backers’ huffing and puffing over the money in Chicago’s...
A big money race is enveloping Chicago’s first-ever school board elections. So much so, in fact, that a group of progressive state and local politicians called on Oct. 28 for state legislation to clamp...
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