America has always needed moderate, commonsense voices. The Second Age of Trump is no time to check out.
Editorial: Disengagement is no answer to Trumpian excess
Category: Opinion
Editorial: Chicago should aim for ‘World’s Tallest,’ not ‘World’s Tallest Teardown’
The fate of 311 W. Wacker is a moment to be marked. The threat of knocked-down skyscrapers is a blow to our beloved downtown.
Daniel DePetris: Let’s not overreact to Gaza ceasefire
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Hamas agreed to stop the war for six weeks. They still haven’t agreed to stop the war permanently.
Letters: The CTA can’t keep doing the same thing and expect different results
We read about how public transportation is short of revenue again and that fare increases are looming. Will increasing the fare bring in the needed money?
Editorial: Indiana stunt has no legs, but we can’t forget downstate secession votes
While Indiana’s proposal to adopt Illinois counties is preposterous, we can’t forget that downstate secession votes led Hoosier lawmakers to act.
US Rep. Nikki Budzinski: If Democrats want to win again, let’s show up and listen
Democrats must accept that if Donald Trump won decisively, there may be some lessons we can learn.
Sheldon H. Jacobson: Do stowaways on airplanes expose a security risk?
Airplane stowaways, though rare, occur frequently enough that some actions could be taken to avoid such events in the future.
Bridget Lee: I spent a week with Chicago’s first elected school board. Now it’s time to govern.
The Chicago school board election and its divisiveness are over. It is time to govern.
Letters: LA is burning. Let’s find common ground to fight climate change.
Besides the heartbreak of losing lives and losing homes, there are obvious economic factors here that cannot be ignored:
Editorial: Joe Biden, the president who did not know when to leave the stage
Few Democrats will ever forget the night of June 27, 2024, when all of the careful mitigation, obfuscation and mendacity long practiced by loyal aides and close family members met the cruel reality of a debate stage with a hostile opponent and a president finally forced to speak for himself, without a teleprompter. In a […]