Ferguson underscores how much elections matter
Voter registration has surged by more than 3,000 people in Ferguson, Mo., since Aug. 9, when the fatal shooting of Michael Brown, an unarmed black 18-year-old, by a white police...
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Obama’s Keystone Kops
Let's hope the Secret Service snafus don't spark even more attackers — or maybe I'm being paranoid. There's a lot of paranoia going around these days as the Secret Service...
Help Islamic State destroy itself
How smart are the American people? Smart enough to be quite skeptical of President Barack Obama's vow to "degrade and destroy" the Islamic State without putting American boots on the...
Eric Holder’s mixed legacy
Departing Attorney General Eric Holder deserves cheers for his stance on civil rights, but bemused jeers for his assaults on civil liberties. Holder may well be remembered as a leading...
Obama’s election did not improve race relations
Whatever happened to "Obamamania"? Recent polls suggest that race relations have gotten worse since President Barack Obama's 2008 election — or, at least, that more Americans think they have. It...
Do Biden’s gaffes matter anymore?
Our famously gaffe-prone vice president, Joe Biden, has outdone himself. He stumbled through not one, not two, but three gaffes in less than 24 hours. For him, that's a personal...
Is a spanking ever justified?
Retired NBA star Charles Barkley exposed a hazardous culture clash in the Texas grand jury indictment of Minnesota Vikings running back Adrian Peterson for child abuse. If parents are going...
Obama’s fight with the Islamic State
As he offered to the nation his prescription for the Islamic State crisis, President Barack Obama reminded me of Michael Corleone in "The Godfather: Part III." "Just when I thought...
30 years of explaining things
A columnist's job is "to explain things," the late, great Tribune columnist Mike Royko memorably declared. The past three decades — from the rise of AIDS, crack cocaine, Ronald Reagan...
Men behaving badly
Again the sports world is rattled by men behaving badly, but this time with a twist: NFL player Ray Rice tried to stay when he should have gone, while NBA...