Daniel DePetris: After rebels retake Aleppo, is Bashar Assad on his way out?
If you didn’t know any better, you might have thought Syria’s 13-year-old civil war was largely over. The conflict, sparked by a peaceful rebellion against dictator Bashar Assad in 2011, only to...
View ArticleEmilea Johnson: As a first-time rural voter, our community was overlooked in...
I grew up on a multi-generational farm near Goodridge, Minnesota — a small town of just 112 people. My father is a fourth generation self-employed farmer, and my mother works at our local church as a...
View ArticleBob Kustra: ‘Morning Joe’ hosts forgot their viewers on MSNBC when they...
Joe Scarborough of MSNBC’s “Morning Joe” is still trying to figure out how loyal and adoring fans quit watching him and Mika Brzezinski after the couple flew to Mar-a-Lago to kiss Donald Trump’s ring...
View ArticleLetters: Democrats who stood by Joe Biden risked democratic principles
Recent articles have thrown into stark relief the frustration felt at all levels of the Democratic Party in the wake of Donald Trump’s triumphant return to the White House. While there has been plenty...
View ArticleCivic leaders: Smart investments in public safety are beginning to pay off....
As Mayor Brandon Johnson and the City Council wrestle with the 2025 budget, the people of Chicago should know how philanthropy, business, community and government are collaborating at “one table” to...
View ArticleLaura Washington: A pox on Christmas creep and huzzah for Thanksgiving
Before we plunge headlong into the season of Christmas, Hanukkah and Kwanzaa, let’s linger, one more time, to appreciate Thanksgiving. Last week I wrote that the growing phenomenon of “Christmas creep”...
View ArticleEditorial: Eileen O’Neill Burke’s stirring inauguration brings us hope that...
“What a great day!” That was how Eileen O’Neill Burke began her brief address Monday after being sworn in as Cook County’s new state’s attorney. We agree. For a city and region that in recent times...
View ArticlePaul Vallas: The CTU, a de facto political party, is a bigger threat to...
The Chicago Teachers Union is attempting to use the election of President Donald Trump to mobilize support for its budget-busting and taxpayer-gauging demands. CTU President Stacy Davis Gates said that...
View ArticleLetters: The quantum development in South Chicago must include a new...
City and state officials have proudly announced a new large-scale development for the city, the Illinois Quantum and Microelectronics Park. Reception levels to such news is for the communities in its...
View ArticleEditorial: Infuriating nonanswers to simple media questions aren’t helping...
Fair or not, relatability is an important trait for a politician. At the highest levels — say, mayor of a huge city like Chicago — it’s helpful to the politician if most voters find them likable. If a...
View ArticleForrest Claypool: Six-figure pensions are throttling Chicago’s ability to...
While Mayor Brandon Johnson and the City Council battle over a staggering $1 billion 2025 budget deficit, a related but much larger problem looms. The city — and its public schools — are insolvent. Two...
View ArticleRobert J. Milan: We must amend the Safe-T-Act and train judges on the...
On Nov. 3, 2015, Crosetti Brand forced his way into the home of his former girlfriend, placed a gun to her chin, choked her, threatened her 15-year-old son and stole her car. For these crimes, Brand...
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Steve Chapman: Joe Biden and Donald Trump expose the framers’ big mistake on...
In a time of ferocious partisanship, Americans can be grateful to see Republicans and Democrats agreeing on something important: the scandalous abuse of the president’s pardon power. Alas, the two...
View ArticleLetters: Are the Bears really a ‘storied franchise?’
Since the Bears will be in the news even more than usual till the next coach to blame is hired I wanted to make a point. Whenever the Bears are spoken or read about, you will hear the term “storied...
View ArticleEditorial: Lame-duck Biden administration should not intentionally sabotage...
During the presidential campaign, Democrats argued that the so-called “Deep State,” the term many Republicans have given overreaching federal bureaucrats, was a myth. But some of the protective efforts...
View ArticleDavid Greising: Brandon Johnson’s unprecedented spending means City Council...
Budget talks already were off to a late start this year on Mayor Brandon Johnson $17.3 billion spending plan when City Council voted last month — in a stunning 50-0 tally — to reject Johnson’s proposal...
View ArticleBruce Parry: Humboldt Park encampment initiative is a model solution for...
As a Vietnam veteran and coordinator for the Illinois Union of the Homeless, I’ve witnessed the devastating realities of homelessness, especially among my fellow veterans. Veterans make up a...
View ArticleHeidi Stevens: ‘I thought my dad was quite the woodsman.’ Pretending to chop...
When Jessica Bazzarre Byerly was 8 years old, her parents piled her and her two younger sisters into the family station wagon and set out for a Christmas tree farm in Havana, Illinois (population...
View ArticleLetters: Chicago regional transit is at risk and so are the economic benefits...
Chicagoland’s rapid transit system faces a catastrophic loss of service if lawmakers don’t find a solution this spring. I care deeply because this system has brought immeasurable benefits to my life...
View ArticleJemalyth Fabara: The Chicago school where I teach is closing. Why does this...
Over the decade I’ve been a teacher, I have frequently been asked three questions: Why is there a teacher shortage? Why is enrollment dropping? And, most importantly, why are our kids failing? The...
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