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In his final inaugural address, President Barack Obama seemed to know his clock is running out. A second-term president has only a few months to establish his legacy before the congressional campaigns kick in.

Obama: The sequel

November 3, 2021 at 4:30 p.m.

President Barack Obama's critics are shocked, shocked to hear him sound in his second inaugural address like what he is ... a liberal progressive. One wonders what they expected. What...

Obama: The sequel

December 23, 2018 at 11:46 p.m.

President Barack Obama's critics are shocked, shocked to hear him sound in his second inaugural address like what he is ... a liberal progressive. One wonders what they expected. What...

NRA shoots down its own ideas

August 23, 2021 at 9:29 p.m.

Sometimes leaders of the National Rifle Association don't seem to know how to take "yes" for an answer. Their ridicule of President Barack Obama's comprehensive response to the complex problem...

Sad farewell to an Internet freedom fighter

August 23, 2021 at 9:19 p.m.

My heartfelt condolences go out to the family and friends of Aaron Swartz, who took his life Friday at age 26. We'll never know whether the restless Internet wizard and...

Opinions Are Easier Than Remedies

May 9, 2019 at 9:24 a.m.

My recent column on Chicago's horrific homicide surge generated a healthy number of "shares" online, I'm happy to report. Yet a notable number of emails responded to what I did...

Opinions Are Easier Than Remedies

November 3, 2021 at 4:28 p.m.

My recent column on Chicago's horrific homicide surge generated a healthy number of "shares" online, I'm happy to report. Yet a notable number of emails responded to what I did...

Opinions Are Easier Than Remedies

December 23, 2018 at 11:40 p.m.

My recent column on Chicago's horrific homicide surge generated a healthy number of "shares" online, I'm happy to report. Yet a notable number of emails responded to what I did...

Elite colleges miss the mark

August 23, 2021 at 9:04 p.m.

A few years ago, Harvard University startled the academic world by offering what many would call a form of class-based affirmative action. Essentially, the elite university offered a free college...

Chicago police investigate a slaying in December. There were 506 homicides in the city in 2012. New York had 418.

Treat Chicago’s homicide surge as an epidemic

November 3, 2021 at 4:27 p.m.

For once, Chicago has beaten New York in a competition that the Windy City had no desire to win. Chicago ended 2012 with more homicides than New York. No one...

Treat Chicago’s homicide surge as an epidemic

December 23, 2018 at 11:35 p.m.

For once, Chicago has beaten New York in a competition that the Windy City had no desire to win. Chicago ended 2012 with more homicides than New York. No one...

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