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David McGrath: In honor of the holiday, I am grateful for these outstanding...
What’s the single best gift you can imagine getting? Super Bowl tickets? A vacation to Bali? A new SUV? After six decades of giving and receiving presents, I can vouch that there is no better gift...
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Will Johnson: Chicagoans’ holiday spirit is alive and well, a new poll shows
When they lived in Buffalo Grove, Kathy and Larry Thome almost never went into Chicago. They both worked full-time in the suburbs, and there was enough going on nearby to keep them entertained without...
View ArticleLetters: Among the many things readers are thankful for? The magnificence of...
Editor’s note: In the spirit of Thanksgiving, our readers wrote to us to share what they’re grateful for. We are publishing their many letters through Saturday. Gifts around me and in me I give thanks...
View ArticleStacy Davis Gates: Despite what editorial board indicates, teacher attendance...
In its Nov. 24 editorial “With 4 in 10 teachers ‘chronically absent’ in ’23, are CTU demands fair?, the Tribune Editorial Board continues its agenda of denigrating the Chicago Teachers Union and lowers...
View ArticleHeidi Stevens: Lessons from a Christmas tree that arrived in a box from Costco
Twas the night before the night before my daughter was arriving home from college for Thanksgiving break. I left the office early to finish my workday from home because my 8-foot, artificial, pre-lit...
View ArticleKerry Ann Knapp: I’m a longtime family caregiver. It makes me a better person.
Thirty-one years ago, my husband, Bruce, and I took on the role of a lifetime. I became the legal guardian, and Bruce the caregiver, for my nephew Dan Bivins, who was 7 years old at the time and born...
View ArticleEditorial: A strong economy helps incumbents, right? The University of...
Republican Donald J. Trump’s decisive win in the Nov. 5 election has inspired handwringing among Democrats about how a convicted felon who tried to overturn his 2020 election defeat could beat a...
View ArticleJane Hillstrom: Why aren’t more people talking about America’s alcoholism?
I come from a family of alcoholics. Sarah, my first cousin, was the most recent to die of complications from alcoholism, at age 41. Before her, seven people in our extended family, including her...
View ArticleColleen Kujawa: My mother lived her faith. Her example inspires me to live mine.
When I told my mother I was going to my first Buddhist service that Sunday, she stopped what she was doing and slammed the kitchen counter with her hand. “On Easter?” she said while turning eerily...
View ArticleLetters: Final notes of thanks from our readers
Editor’s note: In the spirit of Thanksgiving, our readers wrote to us to share what they’re grateful for. Today, we conclude the publishing of their letters. A light on leadership I am so looking...
View ArticleClarence Page: Democrats have work to do to reclaim the mantle of change
“Democrats are like the Yankees,” a memorable tweet after Election Day said. “Spent hundreds of millions of dollars to lose the big series and no one got fired or was held accountable.” Too sad. But...
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Faith leaders: Chicago must invest in preventing the loss of life to gun...
As leaders in faith communities, we are grateful to be celebrating a season of gratitude. Thanksgiving, with its focus on the appreciation of the gifts we have received and the loved ones for whom we...
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Edward Keegan: Are Chicago’s latest big projects too big to succeed?
Chicago has always loved big plans. It is an enduring legacy of Danial Burnham’s 1909 Plan of Chicago and his oft-quoted exhortation to “think big.” But “big” most certainly isn’t always better, and it...
View ArticleLetters: Editorial board goes after CPS teachers. What about other issues?
The editorial “With 4 in 10 teachers ‘chronically absent’ in ’23, are CTU demands fair?” (Nov. 24) correctly notes that teacher absences in Chicago Public Schools (as in the state overall) increased...
View ArticleEditorial: Regulators should say no — again — to Peoples Gas’ push to resume...
A little over a year ago, we wrote about how Peoples Gas’ overbudget, unaffordable pipe-replacement project needed to be rethought completely. Thankfully, the Illinois Commerce Commission, which...
View ArticleLetters: Raising the tax on alcoholic beverages would help reduce crime in...
Mayor Brandon Johnson’s proposed budget contains a crime-fighting idea that costs nothing — and that will, in fact, generate revenue. We should applaud and support it. The idea? Raising the city’s tax...
View ArticleActivists: Chicago-area residents want electoral reform such as ranked choice...
Your news feed likely is filled with hot takes and prophecies of what the future will hold following the presidential election, but don’t overlook pro-democracy reforms happening here in Illinois....
View ArticleAld. William Hall: How Chicago can protect kids and grow new revenue with...
It takes just one look in a kid’s lunch box or backpack to know what tasty snacks they crave — chips, gummy worms and cookies, all in bright, colorful packaging with cartoon graphics that catch their...
View ArticleEditorial: Oak Park, Evanston and Aurora were guinea pigs in a huge fluoride...
Say this for Illinois: We love our fluoride. Back in the 1940s, three Chicago suburbs were among the guinea pigs in an experiment to uncover the benefits of fluoridated drinking water. The mineral...
View ArticleEditorial: For Joe Biden, Hunter and personal pique trumped the rule of law
At some point over turkey and mashed potatoes, it seems, President Joe Biden decided to jettison months of definitively, unambiguously, absolutely answering “no” to the repeated question of whether he...
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