2024 is on track to have the lowest number of mass shootings since 2019, but school shootings are up.
Sheldon H. Jacobson: What do totals of mass shootings and school shootings tell us?
Category: Opinion
Mohammad Hosseini: Should AI be used to resurrect extinct species like the Neanderthal?
Thanks to new AI developments, we are witnessing an increase in the pace of genomic techniques, but shall we try the AI master key on every door?
Editorial: You won, Mr. Trump. There’s no call for litigation against the Des Moines Register.
The Des Moines Register’s wildly inaccurate Iowa poll days before the national election is cause for embarrassment, not a lawsuit.
Abraham Scarr: To fix failing Peoples Gas pipe replacement program, focus on safety — not expansion
The true goal of the Safety Modernization Program is to expand Peoples Gas’ system and entrench its profits, not to protect public safety.
Cory Franklin: Journalists failed to ask Dr. Anthony Fauci the hard questions during the pandemic
Science journalists sat on their hands while the nonscience media fawned over public officials, as deaths were still rising.
Editorial: Downtown Chicago paid too high a price for slowpoke, ill-conceived Kennedy Expressway construction
The endless Kennedy Expressway reconstruction project has spoiled the holiday season for a city in need of economic action.
Seung-Whan Choi: If South Korea’s president is impeached, who should replace him?
America must assess whether the next South Korean president would continue the policies of Yoon Suk Yeol, a supporter of U.S. foreign initiatives.
Jonathan Zimmerman: Universities have a free speech problem, but they won’t admit it
The Foundation for Individual Rights of Expression found that a quarter of professors felt unable to speak freely.
Letters: Chicago should consider innovative approaches in tackling homelessness
To move toward meaningful change, Chicago should consider innovative approaches that prioritize dignity and long-term stability for unhoused residents.
Alexi Giannoulias: Competent governance is a good political strategy
Reducing wait times at the DMV may not transform people’s lives, but it can begin to push back against the narrative that “government doesn’t work.”