Adam Patric Miller: Why do I write college recommendation letters for...
It’s the time of year when students arrive at my office and ask if I will write them a college recommendation. I say, “Yes, I’ll be happy to write one for you.” Sometimes, I’ll thank them for asking in...
View ArticleEditorial: Why are interest rates rising while the Federal Reserve is...
An odd thing was happening in the run-up to Tuesday’s election that few apart from compulsive market watchers were noticing but now looms large in the wake of former President Donald Trump’s election...
View ArticleAlan Joseph: The Democratic Party played defense when it should have played...
In 2000, the blame fell on third-party candidates. In 2010 and 2014, it was low voter turnout. In 2016, the party pointed fingers at Green Party nominee Jill Stein, U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders and...
View ArticleDavid Greising: What does a new Trump presidency mean for Gov. JB Pritzker...
The presidential campaign transfixed our attention for weeks. And now that the “closest contest in memory” turned into an easy victory for Donald Trump, aftershocks are in store for Chicago and the...
View ArticleLetters: Delay your judgment and allow Donald Trump to lead
Yes, this was a tough election. But let us all agree, whether Donald Trump was your choice or not, the citizens who voted are entitled to make their choice known and respected. That is what’s called a...
View ArticleThe Tribune’s Quotes of the Week quiz for Nov. 9
Donald Trump made a stunning comeback this week, defeating Vice President Kamala Harris in the race for president. Traditional “Blue Wall” states Pennsylvania, Michigan and Wisconsin helped the GOP...
View ArticleLetters: 12,000 young people are homeless in Chicago. But change is possible.
In order to raise awareness of youth homelessness and bring attention to its causes and solutions, the U.S. Senate passed its first resolution recognizing November as National Homeless Youth Awareness...
View ArticleClarence Page: Will Democrats learn from a humiliating loss?
In the aftermath of Vice President Kamala Harris’ decisive electoral loss to former President Donald Trump, my mind keeps going back to a memorable and widely repeated gaffe by a man who was not on the...
View ArticleMicky Horstman: Young Chicagoans can’t afford city government’s spending...
Mr. Mayor, you’re cut off. Young Chicagoans can’t afford your lifestyle. We young professionals know we can’t get bottle service at Bandit, fly to London to watch the Bears, and order the wagyu at...
View ArticleMitch Glaser and Michael Rydelnik: Christians must oppose the growing...
As we see antisemitism rearing its ugly head once again, especially here in Chicago, where a Jewish man was shot on his way to synagogue in the West Ridge neighborhood on Oct. 26, we feel compelled to...
View ArticleEditorial: Illinois and Donald Trump are no match made in heaven. But they’ll...
Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker played the role of designated attack dog within the failed Kamala Harris presidential campaign and he played it with rhetorical flourish. At the Democratic National...
View ArticleStephanie R. Toliver: Who deserves the blame for the decline in young...
Recent articles in The Atlantic and Teen Vogue highlight a troubling trend: College students are increasingly disengaged from reading, prompting a search for scapegoats. From private research...
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Letters: We can blame our Founders for Tuesday’s election result
Morning-after political pundits are tripping over themselves in their attempts to explain why the Democrats (and democracy) fared so poorly in the 2024 elections. They needn’t bother. The fault lies,...
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Franz Burnier: The fall of the Berlin Wall showed us how quickly...
In 1987, celebrating the 750th anniversary of its founding, the two sides of Berlin — the capitalist West and the socialist East — spent the year competing to see who could showcase the best cultural,...
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Editorial: Government started the get-high-with-hemp free-for-all. Time to...
Uptown Smokes on Chicago’s North Side is a spacious and friendly place to shop, with colorful, inviting packages lining its shelves — and that’s part of the problem. Unlike licensed dispensaries that...
View ArticleLetters: Gov. JB Pritzker should lay off the chest pounding over election
It’s understandable that Gov. JB Pritzker is disappointed in the presidential election results given his reliance on the left and progressive organizations to get elected. And it was easy to predict...
View ArticleGeorge Cardenas: We need to be honest with taxpayers about what’s driving...
As a current commissioner for the Cook County Board of Review and a former Chicago alderman, I’ve witnessed firsthand the growing frustration among Chicagoans due to skyrocketing property taxes. City...
View ArticleEditorial: Walgreens’ woes are about more than an iconic Chicago company’s...
Walgreens Boots Alliance has a storied history in Chicago, starting with a single retail outlet in 1901, and expanding across the globe since then. Today, it’s shrinking fast. The venerable drugstore...
View ArticleJerald McNair: Parents must be mindful of what they say about the election...
The day after the presidential election, I walked into my school building, and before I could enter my office, a student, who arrived very early, asked me the following question: “Dr. McNair, is...
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Daniel DePetris: How will Donald Trump handle the war in Ukraine?
At a time when its forces continue to lose ground in the east and its capital city is bombarded with Russian attack drones on a near-daily basis, the last thing Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy...
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