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An 1871 transcript kept by Peggy Knight of the testimony of her great, great grandmother Catherine O'Leary about the origins of the Great Chicago Fire.

Column: Still we ask, what caused the Great Chicago Fire? Not a cow.

October 5, 2021 at 4:45 p.m.

Congratulations, Chicago. The city is celebrating the 150th anniversary of the Great Chicago Fire, although "celebrate" is not the best verb to use. "Commemorate" is better. After all, the fire...

Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp during a news conference in Marietta, Georgia on Aug. 26, 2021.

Column: For Joe Biden and Donald Trump, an autumn of discontents

October 1, 2021 at 4:20 p.m.

For all of his talk about the "fake," "biased," "dishonest," "corrupt," and "left-wing" media, I know Donald Trump loves us. He really does. He feeds off of our attention. His...

Attorney Gloria Allred, left, escorts Faith Rogers after a news conference about R&B singer R. Kelly in New York on Jan. 14, 2019.

Column: The R. Kelly verdict: Yes, Black girls’ lives matter too

September 28, 2021 at 5:17 p.m.

At last, Black girls' lives matter too. That was my response to the news that Chicago-born R&B star singer, songwriter and producer R. Kelly had been convicted Monday in New...

Terrance Henderson, foreground, and members of the community group Chicago CRED are seen in a housing complex on East 121st Place in Chicago on June 24, 2021.

Column: Arne Duncan takes on Chicago’s violent crime wave at the grassroots

September 24, 2021 at 5:03 p.m.

As Chicago ended the summer on pace to have its highest annual murder tally in a quarter century, I asked former Education Secretary Arne Duncan where he finds hope for...

A U.S. Border Patrol agent on horseback swings the reins on his horse as he tries to stop Haitian migrants from entering an encampment on the banks of the Rio Grande near the Acuna Del Rio International Bridge in Del Rio, Texas, on Sept. 19, 2021.

Column: No, those aren’t whips the Border Patrol is using while dealing with Haitian migrants

March 11, 2024 at 1:32 p.m.

A picture, as an old saying (almost) goes, is worth 10,000 mixed messages. That's what I saw in the startling weekend news video of what looked like U.S. Border Patrol...

United States gymnasts Simone Biles, from left, McKayla Maroney, Aly Raisman and Maggie Nichols, arrive to testify during a Senate Judiciary hearing about the inspector general's report on the FBI's handling of the Larry Nassar investigation on Capitol Hill, Sept. 15, 2021.

Column: Larry Nassar scandal shows how the ‘twisties’ can take different forms

September 17, 2021 at 5:07 p.m.

As I watched Simone Biles and three other U.S. Olympic gymnasts tell a Senate committee of how badly their complaints of sexual abuse had been handled by the FBI, I...

Trump supporters participate in a rally Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2021 in Washington, D.C.

Column: Did Black Lives Matter trigger the Jan. 6 Capitol attack? That’s a stretch.

September 14, 2021 at 5:39 p.m.

I appreciate constructive criticism, even when I think the critic is full of prunes. But that fortunately was not the case in an email I received from a reader in...

People flee the scene near New York's World Trade Center after terrorists crashed two planes into the twin towers on Sept. 11, 2001.

Column: What have we learned about ourselves since 9/11? Not enough.

September 10, 2021 at 3:54 p.m.

As I recall the horrors of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, I want to express my forgiveness of Karlheinz Stockhausen, a noted German composer who, at that tragic time two...

A group of military families and veterans in Long Beach, California, watch President Joe Biden's speech announcing that all troops are out of Afghanistan on Aug. 31, 2021.

Column: After Afghanistan, veterans face another hidden enemy. Suicide.

September 7, 2021 at 4:05 p.m.

As much as they try, soldiers returning home from combat don't always manage to leave the war behind on the battlefield. That's why, as the Taliban militia rolled with surprising...

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott speaks during a news conference in San Antonio on March 16, 2020. The Texas law, allowed to stand in a decision by the U.S. Supreme Court, bans abortions after a fetal heartbeat can be detected, typically around six weeks.

Column: No, Texas’ abortion law isn’t a Taliban idea, even if the alliteration works

September 3, 2021 at 4:31 p.m.

It didn't take much longer than a nanosecond after the Supreme Court allowed a radical Texas anti-abortion law to take effect before the social media hashtag TexanTaliban went viral. What?...

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