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Each month, ChicagoNow holds a contest to select the best blog posts throughout ChicagoNow.

Out of more than 1,000 posts published during the month of February, here are the 20 judged to be the best.

Becoming SuperMommy: The Best of All Possible Worlds: Lea sees the Time Knife

Cancer Is Not A Gift: Learning to not be my own worst enemy

Cheating Death: Make America Mexico again

Chicago Weather Watch: Sparrows in Winter

Getting More From Les: Why “Build Me a Wall” Hasn’t Worked for 50 Years!

Go Do Good!: A Fraud is Rarely A Great Man…but maybe??

It’s Never Just Black And White: Hey Voters: No More Old White Guys

I’ve Got The Hippy Shakes: I bought fake tickets to the Elton John concert

JUST SAYIN: Left Wingers /Right Wingers/ Unite / The Wing Nuts Are Coming/ The War on Common Sense

Keeping An Eye Out: Chicago is not Chiraq

Looking for the Good: Importance of being with friends

Margaret Serious: State of the Union? I’d rather see the president try to hold up to ‘Question Time’

Medium Rare: The startup holidays

Mom, I Think I’m Poignant!: A new book of lost Chicago restaurants grabbed me by the gut; no pun intended

Opinionated Woman: 10 things I liked about the polar vortex

Pizza For Breakfast: An Address Book Full of Memories

Planet Michelle: Fear and loathing – and heroism – in Aurora.

Purple Reigns: Caring for a sick child with autism when you have lupus is dreadful

Reflections of a Chicago Life: Gillette and the Kind of Men We Want To Be in 2019

When You Put It That Way: Like literally, at the the end of the day, you know, to be honest, 100%. Or the assassination of the English Language as we knew it