The gyrations of markets create fear, and fear creates more opportunity for scam artists to part you from your money.
Editorial: The federal financial cop is off the beat. Fraudsters are lurking, so don’t fall prey.
Category: Editorials
Editorial: Leave libraries alone. They more than pay their way.
Our public libraries serve as a great equalizer. Funding them should be a priority.
Editorial: Chicago voters’ Trump aversion doesn’t mean they’ll warm to Brandon Johnson
Mayor Brandon Johnson and other progressives hope Chicagoans’ aversion to Donald Trump will boost their popularity. Unlikely.
Editorial: Illinois Supreme Court’s refusal to hear gerrymandering case is a blow to democracy
The path to Democratic renewal is not through disenfranchising voters.
Editorial: Should President Trump be giving stock tips to his followers?
Donald Trump seems to offer stock buying strategy to his followers. What was he thinking?
Editorial: Jenner & Block is right to fight back against a bullying Trump. The integrity of the legal profession is at stake.
Chicago’s Jenner & Block was unfairly targeted by the Trump administration, but unlike many of its Big Law peers has chosen to fight.
Editorial: If you’re in the office today, consider going out for lunch
Post-COVID inflation drove prices higher for restaurants and shoppers alike. Now, prices and the customer base are big unknowns from week to week.
Editorial: Illinois taxpayers deserve more than excuses for the $250M computer mess
The lesson is clear: When taxpayer dollars fund major tech projects, governments must be tough negotiators, not soft targets.
Editorial: Suburban speed cameras? Don’t replicate Chicago’s mistakes.
Before lawmakers rush to replicate Chicago’s broken model, they should ask: Do we want real safety — or just a new stream of fines?
Editorial: When lawyers apply a law aimed at VHS rentals to the streaming world of today
There’s no limit to the creativity of plaintiffs’ attorneys in finding causes of action. Example: a 1980s law focused on VHS rentals.