George F. Galland Jr.: Kirkland & Ellis and others have made a deal with the...
As I read about Kirkland & Ellis and other multinational law firms bowing to President Donald Trump, I thought back 53 years ago when I was one of Kirkland’s “summer associates.” Back then, the...
View ArticleEditorial: American Airlines’ O’Hare surge is good news for Chicago. Will it...
American Airlines has added 20% more departures out of Chicago’s O’Hare Airport this year as compared with last: some 480 flights versus about 400. The slate includes lovely new destinations, some...
View ArticleLetters: Why is the Illinois General Assembly going after Native mascots?
Regarding the story “Bill would ban Native mascots” (April 12): Seriously? This is what the General Assembly spends its time on? I blame the voters of this state because the voter turnout is...
View ArticleMark Clifton: How consolidating mosquito control in Cook County would backfire
Consolidation advocates such as the Better Government Association and the Civic Federation are taking a dangerous gamble with public health in Cook County — and it’s the residents who stand to lose....
View ArticleWill Johnson: What business can — and should — do for Chicago
Say what you will about his politics, but Ken Griffin was good to Chicago. The hedge fund billionaire donated more than $650 million to institutions including the newly renamed Griffin Museum of...
View ArticleState representatives: Here’s why human service workers in Illinois deserve...
Front-line human service workers are the backbone of a compassionate society. Most often employed by nonprofit organizations, they provide critical care and support that help people thrive, maintain...
View ArticleEditorial: Judge clears the way for a titanic trial pitting old-school...
Most Chicagoans remember the time when the city’s famed exchanges each day featured manic hordes of traders yelling and frantically signaling as futures contracts for commodities and financial...
View ArticlePamela Maass: Chicago’s beloved street festivals are struggling to survive
In 2023, Chicago lost one of its most beloved street festivals. The Silver Room Block Party, staged by Hyde Park community leader Eric Williams, announced it would not return in 2024. What began as a...
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Doctors: How likely is it that bird flu will spread to humans on a mass scale?
As spring weather sets in, fears of a bird flu pandemic have not materialized, and there is less cause for worry than there was in the winter. Experts say the short-term risk of a pandemic is low, but...
View ArticleElizabeth Shackelford: President Donald Trump’s war on due process should...
Masked guards march the captives in, holding their heads pressed down to waist level. They are forced to kneel while guards shout at them and shave their heads before they are stripped down to shorts....
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Heidi Stevens: Memories of a dad who wasn’t mine, but shaped my world, as his...
It started as a Facebook messenger note. My longtime friend Wendy, who I’ve known since elementary school — through endless dance recitals and summer camp adventures and a million bad haircuts and a...
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David McGrath: Mourning my sister Rosie with loved ones, I felt a spiritual...
I recently bought a round-trip airline ticket, just like millions of other Americans traveling to Florida for spring break or Easter vacation. Except that mine was in the opposite direction, from...
View ArticleLetters: How President Donald Trump can encourage El Salvador to return...
There is a solution to obtaining the return of Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia to the U.S. It is surprising that President Donald Trump, who lives and breathes the precepts of the “art of the deal,” has...
View ArticleLetters: Something needs to be done to discourage speeders on DuSable Lake...
I was driving my family to the C2E2 comic expo at McCormick Place last Sunday morning. Our route took us down one of America’s most scenic roadways: DuSable Lake Shore Drive. Traffic was busy but not...
View ArticleThe Tribune’s Quotes of the Week quiz for April 19
Howdy, quotes readers! Ready for this week’s quiz? We’ve got you covered, but first, the news: Chicago hosted two national figures this week. First, former President Joe Biden spoke about threats to...
View ArticleEditorial: No, President Trump, Lori Lightfoot is neither ‘evil’ nor a ‘dope’
Harvard University’s non-partisan Institute of Politics is a soft landing place for political figures who either have lost elections or seen their positions become casualties of changing...
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Edward Keegan: Eero Saarinen’s particularly strange house in Columbus, Indiana
Houses often serve as design laboratories for architects — a chance to try out ideas at a small size before using them at a larger, more public scale. It’s a lot easier to convince a single person or...
View ArticleMike Woodruff: Did Jesus actually rise? As a pastor, here are my thoughts on...
Though many equate Easter with bunnies and brunches, it’s long been a battle over a body. Christians claim the tomb was empty because Jesus rose from the dead. Others say that if it was empty, it’s...
View ArticleEditorial: Every vote counts. In one Skokie trustee race, so did community...
How often do political opponents become friends? On the campaign trail, no less? We can’t think of many such instances, but have been touched by the collegiality and respect shown by Skokie board of...
View ArticleClarence Page: Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown enters the Twilight Zone
Kafkaesque. One hears that word a lot in discussions of Kilmar Abrego Garcia. Or, for lowbrows like me, “The Twilight Zone” might be the pertinent reference. Abrego Garcia is the Maryland man who was...
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