The California wildfires will cost insurers more than $30 billion; Allstate is hiking homeowners rates in Illinois by 14.3%. Related? Probably not, but let’s be sure.
Category: Opinion
Laura Washington: Walgreens is closing stores and creating pharmacy deserts on Chicago’s South and West sides
The five local Walgreens stores to be closed are all on the city’s South and West sides, serving African American and Latino neighborhoods.
Daniel DePetris: President Donald Trump doesn’t have a foreign policy yet
What we have is a lot of noise from Donald Trump but not much in the way of actual policy.
Diana Simpson and Will Aronin: Chicago’s abusive towing practices flip American justice on its head
Despite reforms, Chicago still holds cars for ransom, requiring people to pay everything before giving people their cars back.
Letters: President Donald Trump’s actions his first week were petty and unproductive
Autocracies cause tremendous pain and suffering and, eventually, are defeated. Not a good model for the world’s leading democracy.
Editorial: Amid a culture of fear, facts matter now more than ever
With tensions high, and both sides seem ready to believe the worst about those standing opposite them, the margin for error is slim.
Editorial: Really, Dr. Phil? Oprah’s celebrity doctor debases himself in the very city that made him a star.
What was Dr. Phil thinking when he embedded himself with ICE? Oprah Winfrey must be appalled.
Letters: President Trump should reach across the aisle
Donald Trump will need some opposition support if he truly wants to be a unifier.
John T. Shaw: Congress could take a lesson on independence from a southern Indiana moderate
A former moderate congressman from Indiana, Lee Hamilton, believed Congress should work with, but not be a supplicant to, the executive branch.
Sen. Dick Durbin: Big Pharma should disclose prices on drug advertisements
Requiring price disclosures on advertisements for prescription drugs would empower patients and reduce excess spending on medications.