Achieving careful, quiet, steady progress is not viewed as leadership by many people.
Category: Opinion
The Tribune’s Quotes of the Week quiz for Dec. 21
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Letters: Here’s what I think Walgreens should do to right its ship
The editorial “Will a bloated Walgreens swallow a bitter pill for Chicago?” does not go far enough in discussing the wrong direction the chain has gone in.
Heidi Stevens: Holiday pajamas and police escorts — the infuriating contrast at Abundant Life Christian School
I’m trying to reconcile the playfulness of pajama day with to the flattened fury of the police officer escorting kids in their jammies to safety.
Jerald McNair: This holiday season, let’s help our youths see the good in others and themselves
Let’s be role models and believers in a more auspicious future for our youths.
The Rev. Beth Brown: Why the holidays have me contemplating scarcity
Historically, scarcity has functioned to keep the masses fighting each other for scraps instead of combining efforts to work together.
Editorial: This outrageous holiday-season vote to oust Pedro Martinez as Chicago schools chief must not happen
Jamming through CTU’s financially ruinous contract before Chicago’s partially elected school board is seated is an affront to democracy.
Kam Buckner: The risks of firing Chicago Public Schools CEO Pedro Martinez now
Disrupting Chicago Public Schools now jeopardizes administrative continuity and the sense of normalcy that students and teachers need.
Editorial: Cook County faces a moment of truth on electronic monitoring of criminal defendants
What now that Cook County Sheriff Tom Dart’s office soon will stop enforcing home confinement of accused criminals?
Letters: How can we improve our health care system?
The health care system needs to be focused on eliminating waste, reducing costs and avoiding unnecessary procedures while driving positive outcomes.