Punitive measures should be taken against the junta currently ruling Myanmar.
Category: Letters to the Editor
Letters: Bears want a new stadium? They should try winning more games.
If the Bears were winning, the fans would pay top dollar to watch them play in a sandlot.
Letters: Mayor Brandon Johnson’s new school funding formula is regressive
I would love to know why the mayor thinks these underserved kids don’t deserve even the same funding levels from this year.
Letters: Presidential debates are not useful
Presidential debates have become the complete opposite of a fair or useful evaluation of the candidates and their positions.
Letters: We need more traffic stops, not fewer
Time and time again, we hear about out-of-control drive-by shootings, carjackings, smash and grabs with vehicles, robberies, etc., menacing our city.
Letters: Fitting Jews into the narrow Western category of only a religion
Jews are a people, what many also refer to as a “nation.”
Letters: Closing Clark Street for outdoor dining is a bad idea
The city is righty fixated on the survival of downtown, so why put a tourniquet on circulation to that vital area?
Letters: Congress should reform warrantless surveillance powers
The editorial board’s justification for expanding warrantless surveillance does not address real national security risks or opioid abuse.
Letters: We must protect loons and other wildlife from climate change
Former president Donald Trump calls January 6 prisoners “hostages” and “unbelievable patriots” and claims they have been horribly mistreated. He plans to pardon them on day one of his presidency. This is alarming election-year propaganda. Notably, there were over 100 injuries to police officers on January 6, and a comprehensive review of bodycam video revealed “approximately 1000” assaults on law enforcement on that day. Is Daniel Rodriguez one of the “hostages?” He repeatedly drove a stun gun into the base of police officer Michael Fanone’s skull and was sentenced to over 12 years in prison. His lawyer explained that Rodriguez idolized Trump and thought of him as the father he never had. While […]
Letters: Chicago needs to do a better job of allocating resources for migrants
Realistically, the migrant population and the city’s budget for migrant spending both are expected to increase, not decrease.