Donna Vickroy: When everything seems to go against your nature, let nature...
In times of stress or uncertainty, I turn my attention to nature. It not only beckons me to come outdoors and walk off that anxiety, it is a living, evolving landscape of art and science that is...
View ArticleLetters: Upset over the Bears? Here’s how to send a message to the McCaskeys.
As the wife of a devoted Bears fan and as a person who has never had the fortune of living in a city with a winning football team, I call on Chicagoans to rise up. Yes, there are far more important...
View ArticleThe Tribune’s Quotes of the Week quiz for Nov. 16
The Chicago Bears fired offensive coordinator Shane Waldron this week — just nine games into his tenure with the team. That leaves new offensive coordinator Thomas Brown to patch things up before the...
View ArticleLetters: Can Mexican American who voted for Donald Trump really be ‘proud’ now?
Regarding the op-ed “I am a Mexican American who voted for Trump. No, I don’t hate myself.,” Nov. 13: I do concur with J. Marcos Peterson’s opinion that the Democratic Party has much to do to right its...
View ArticleSarah Moskowitz: ComEd’s coming spike in energy prices is an urgent call to...
Tribune readers got an unpleasant surprise recently: ComEd’s electric price is expected to spike next summer. Unfortunately, this is no surprise to the Citizens Utility Board. We’re all too familiar...
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Editorial: Trump’s immigration deportation plans need compassion and a dose...
Throughout the presidential campaign, voters consistently told pollsters that they were sick and tired of America’s broken immigration system and its porous border. And to the surprise of many...
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Edward Keegan: 3 Chicago museum exhibits show us something new about...
Architecture is an art that requires three-dimensional experience. But since we can’t all travel all the time to see work, much of its production and communication comes to us in two dimensions. In...
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Clarence Page: How Democrats let a rising generation of supporters slip away
Far-right streamer Nick Fuentes, who usually welcomes publicity, received the type he probably didn’t want after Donald Trump’s election victory. The 26-year-old white supremacist and antisemite, who...
View ArticleMichele Weldon: The push to return to the office full time ignores how life...
America is heading back to work in person. But this is about way more than changing out of yoga pants and gym clothes. It is also about more than exchanging jokes at the watercooler. This is a...
View ArticlePat Devaney: Fixing Tier 2 pensions would create a fair retirement for...
All across Illinois, public employees wake up every morning to deliver vital services to residents in every corner of our state. These are teachers, nurses, firefighters, police officers and more who...
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Letters: Donald Trump is making decent Cabinet appointments. Except for Matt...
For the most part, I agree with Donald Trump’s Cabinet appointments and nominations for secretaries. However, I do not think nominating Matt Gaetz as attorney general is a wise choice. While he may be...
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Editorial: Mount Prospect has a new mini-Macy’s. Is this a fresh template for...
Joani Fine and her brother emerged from the new Macy’s store at the Randhurst Village shopping center in northwest suburban Mount Prospect last week praising the friendly service — as well as the good...
View ArticleJ. Marcos Peterson: Soy un mexicoamericano que votó por Donald Trump. No, no...
Soy un mexicoamericano orgulloso, de primera generación, con estudios universitarios y homosexual, con familia indocumentada en Estados Unidos, incluida una madre que fue deportada a México, y viví la...
View ArticleEditorial: A sad remembrance for Officer Enrique Martínez asks us to better...
The funeral for police Officer Enrique Martínez gave a grieving family a proper goodbye to a native son who was a credit to his city. But the service did more than that: It served as a call to...
View ArticleDave Nayak: Gov. JB Pritzker has learned nothing from presidential election’s...
The results of the presidential election were shocking, not just because of Donald Trump’s landslide victory, but also because of the seismic shift in the electorate. Almost every demographic moved to...
View ArticleLetters: Don’t constrain Donald Trump during his new term
I’m a Kamala Harris voter who wants to see all of Donald Trump’s Cabinet picks confirmed. Karl Marx said that capitalism has the seeds of its own destruction. I have never agreed with that sentiment,...
View ArticleDaniel DePetris: Can Donald Trump help resolve the conflicts in the Middle East?
Donald Trump talked a lot about inflation, immigration and crime during his two-year campaign for the presidency. Indeed, his third bid for the White House was predicated on those three issues. But...
View ArticleMichael D. Belsky: Chicago needs a better budgeting process
There must be a better way. There is something wrong with the city’s budget process. The mayor provides the council with a yearly forecast of revenues and expenditures. This is done several months...
View ArticleEditorial: Spirit Airlines needs to stay aloft, bankrupt or not
Tucked in the far corner of Terminal 3 at Chicago’s O’Hare airport, mostly unseen by business travelers, are the counters for Spirit Airlines, an ultra-low-cost airline that in 2010 became notorious as...
View ArticleLetters: We need stability in CPS leadership. The mayor’s actions threaten that.
I am a Chicago Public Schools principal of 24 years, former assistant principal, CPS teacher and daughter of two CPS principals. I’ve worked on the South and North sides. CPS is part of my DNA, and I’m...
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