Commentary
The Tigers’ Javy Baez and the Phillies’ Kyle Schwarber were among many with good things to say about the breakout center fielder.
“Despite what is being alleged, mail-in voting is reliable and secure,” says the Cook County clerk. Also, the IRS recent ruling, Garfield Park Bandstand, compassion, Kaage Newsstand and Donald Trump’s critics.
As the league enters its All-Star break, it finds itself at a hazardous crossroads and in the now-unavoidable crosshairs.
A teacher says too many school districts embrace AI too quickly without waiting for research to gauge if it’s helpful. Also, immigrants, flying the flag upside down, Medicaid cuts, CPS and ICE.
Twenty years on from a championship, details get blurred as stories only get better. But it’s right on the money to say the Sox never would’ve won it all had they not remade their roster in a tone-shifting manner.
Gov. JB Pritzker frequently touts his administrative prowess, so this gives him a measurable opportunity to prove it.
A proposed bill aims to provide Medicare coverage for tests that can detect multiple cancers early. Also, a theory on why ICE agents wear masks and how Superman would be treated in Donald Trump’s America.
Chicago’s Clarence Darrow battled the forces of religion that would dictate public education. A century later, the fight continues.
Threats and lawsuits have sent a wave of fear and panic across the media, as they are intended to do. And sadly the media is, in most cases, capitulating.
Federal courts and the Constitution are not on the president’s side.
We can double down on denial and let superstorms, heatwaves, droughts, floods and fires determine our fate. Or we can lead — with science, resilience, courage,
The Trump administration wants to end having the best minds in academic spaces, a move which is divisive and would only make America worse.
A double-play combination that can help spirit the Sox out of the abyss, through the wilderness and toward something brighter? Um, maybe.
If Illinois doesn’t lower housing costs soon, Democrats will lose more congressional seats, says a Lincoln Square resident. Also NASCAR, firework noise, Carl Sandburg’s Chicago reference, praise for Secretary of State staff, MAGA, flooding in Texas and the importance of the city’s Pride Parade.
The federal government is whitewashing sentiments it once glorified.
This thinking results in different ideas about who is welcome, who is tolerated and who is made to not feel welcome at all.
There is perilous disconnect between official pronouncements and on-the-ground reality when temperatures rise, a reader says. Also, special education classroom assistants, the value of newspapers and being pummeled with review requests.
Sometimes, breaking up isn’t hard to do.
My mother died, and I met my new granddaughter in the same busy week.
A reader contemplates our country’s division this holiday weekend. Also, more July Fourth musings, keeping Illinoisans safe from toxins, Trump antics, lack of Catholic solidarity with Palestinians, Darin LaHood, and the importance of fluoride.