Danielle Sassoon’s refusal to dismiss charges against New York Mayor Eric Adams in furtherance of Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown was a profile in American courage.
Category: Editorials
Editorial: Musk bid for OpenAI exposes hypocrisy of business model
Open AI has copied our content, created by generations of human labor and made up of dogged reporting, cogent analyses and critical thinking.
Editorial: Brandon Johnson, brooking no diversity of opinion, summons his inner Donald Trump
Mayor Brandon Johnson, in highly revealing comments before a South Side church audience, said he wants only loyalists in his administration.
Editorial: The US auto industry will fall behind if it retreats from electric vehicles
Here’s hoping the anti-EV rhetoric from the Oval Office is just talk, and that the influential Musk is right about “ridiculously good” times ahead.
Editorial: Mayor Johnson’s public market idea leaves us hungry for details
We’re encouraged that the mayor’s team is walking back its grocery store plans, but we need details on this market concept.
Editorial: Michael Madigan, convicted felon
Guilty verdicts on corruption and conspiracy charges against former House Speaker Michael Madigan should kill industrial-scale machine politics for good.
Editorial: Trump and Musk have pennies in their sights. On that we can agree.
When it comes to eliminating the penny, we agree that it’s time.
Editorial: City Council should reject proposed $1.25M settlement in Dexter Reed police shooting
If Chicago isn’t going to defend itself in court when police officers shoot back at those who shoot first at them, when will it ever?
Editorial: An ode to Chicago’s unappreciated suburban commuters
A hostile relationship between the city and the suburbs is no good. The more suburbanites, the better.
Editorial: Super Bowl Sunday looms and the Bears are viewers like the rest of us. Again.
The Chicago Bears’ disaster of a 2025 campaign has led to organizational changes that are reason for at least cautious hope.