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Editorial: Michael Madigan’s trial brings echoes of Boss Daley and his kids
The trial of former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan, now in its ninth week and set to run into the new year, has captured the attention of political junkies but not so much the public at large....
View ArticleSmitha Vishveshwara: What connects us in this polarizing moment through space...
Reeling from a divisive and turbulent election season, many of us seek spaces of solace, light, unity and worship as we turn toward the winter holidays. The cosmos and its reflection within us harbor...
View ArticleThe Tribune’s Quotes of the Week quiz for Dec. 7
Welcome to December, quotes readers! It’s been a busy news week, so let’s get right into it. On Sunday night, President Joe Biden pardoned his son, Hunter, who was facing possible prison time for gun...
View ArticleLetters: We must protect the mental health of future generations
In response to “How to sum up 2024? The Oxford University Press word of the year is ‘brain rot’,” we couldn’t agree more. (Dec. 2) Oxford Dictionary’s selection of brain rot as the word of the year...
View ArticleClarence Page: Why didn’t Joe Biden keep his promise?
Just once. Just once amid all the times that reporters asked President Joe Biden whether he would give a pardon to his son Hunter, who was facing a possible federal prison sentence, I wish I could have...
View ArticleJens Ludwig and Randall Stephenson: What America can learn from ‘Toyota Way’...
The polling data tell us that the election was mostly about the economy. Now that we’re through election season, more attention will surely be devoted to what research shows is the best way of...
View ArticleShadi Bartsch: Separating science and the humanities is hurting us
Remember the story about the elephant seen from different perspectives? Here’s a twist. A biologist with a telescope peered at the animal and said, I see a hairy grayness horizon to horizon. A toenail...
View ArticleLetters: Should the mayor negotiate with the CTU when he was so recently...
Is Mayor Brandon Johnson abiding by City of Chicago ethics rules with his actions towards Chicago Public Schools and the teachers union? He has proposed the city take on a high-interest loan and raise...
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Editorial: Downtown Chicago needs reimagining. It’s OK (this time) to think...
The famed civic architect Daniel Burnham uttered words that became both a mantra and a shackle: “Make no little plans; they have no magic to stir men’s blood.” Well, today’s Chicago is broke. And, in...
View ArticleLetters: Peoria’s public sleeping ban will create a never-ending cycle of...
Peoria City Council member John Kelly is reported as saying “he didn’t understand how allowing someone to remain in a tent while they sought housing was a more humane approach to the issue” (“Homeless...
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Amy J. St. Eve and Michael Y. Scudder: The judiciary just lost the legendary...
Dec. 4 saw the passing of one of the finest federal judges in our nation’s history — Joel M. Flaum. He served just shy of 50 years in the Chicago federal courthouse, as a district judge on the Northern...
View ArticleKatherine Yon Ebright: Donald Trump plans to exploit the Alien Enemies Act....
President-elect Donald Trump is getting ready to repeat a shameful mistake from our nation’s history. As part of his plans for mass deportation, Trump has promised to dust off the Alien Enemies Act,...
View ArticleEditorial: AI is ‘helping’ with your online holiday shopping, whether you...
The holiday shopping season has started fast, especially online, and those automated chatbots are working overtime. Artificial intelligence is increasingly finding its way into decisions that once were...
View ArticleSheldon H. Jacobson: Time to reassess how NFL penalties hold back offenses
The NFL season is well past the halfway point, with eyes focused on the 2025 Super Bowl in New Orleans, now just two months away. The Detroit Lions and the Kansas City Chiefs have set the standard for...
View ArticleEditorial: The Syrian diaspora declares itself to be free. But the Hamas...
On Friday, we met in person with Dor Shapira, a high-ranking Israeli diplomat who now serves as head of the North American Bureau of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. We asked him what he thought of the...
View ArticleMichael Peregrine: Dick Allen isn’t going to return to save the Sox again....
Baseball fans celebrate today the long-overdue National Baseball Hall of Fame admission of Dick Allen, whose 1972 exploits saved the White Sox for Chicago. But their celebration is muted by the...
View ArticleJim Nowlan: Illinois taxes are going to go up. How do we still encourage job...
Illinois’ population declined from 12.9 million in 2011 to 12.5 million in 2023, while our neighboring states have been seeing population growth. There is something wrong with this picture. Many of...
View ArticleDaniel DePetris: Syrians are relieved Bashar Assad is gone. They also are...
The king is dead — or, rather, he’s somewhere in Moscow enjoying exile with his family. Syria, dominated by Bashar Assad and his family for more than half a century, is now in the early stages of a new...
View ArticleLetters: With focus on revitalizing the Loop, the South and West sides...
The recent editorial (“Downtown Chicago needs reimagining. It’s OK (this time) to think small.,” Dec. 8) on reimagining the Loop and downtown Chicago overlooks a critical issue: For the past 50 years,...
View ArticleEditorial: Bears, Blackhawks, Bulls — there’s pain wherever a Chicago sports...
The Chicago Bears’ abysmal showing in San Francisco following the in-season firing of the team’s head coach underscored a larger reality in a city known for its obsessive sports fandom. It’s miserable...
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