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Column: With Afghanistan in the rearview mirror, have we learned the lessons of Vietnam this time?

August 31, 2021 at 2:45 p.m.

Watching the last American military plane go wheels up and out of the Afghanistan War reminded me of an old saying: History often repeats itself, but a lot of us...

Melody Black cries as she kneels by a makeshift memorial for Ashli Babbitt outside the United States Capitol on Jan. 7, 2021 in Washington.

Column: Was Ashli Babbitt a ‘martyr’ or just misled?

August 27, 2021 at 3:48 p.m.

Was Ashli Babbitt a "terrorist" or a "freedom fighter?" I'm more accustomed to hearing that question asked about insurgents in countries less developed than this one. But, the Jan. 6...

A man wears a T-shirt with a message ahead of former President Donald Trump's "Save America" rally at York Family Farms on Aug. 21, 2021, in Cullman, Alabama.

Column: Donald Trump can’t cram his ‘fake news’ genie back in his bottle

August 24, 2021 at 5:21 p.m.

In case you missed it, dear reader, here's a word from the wise: Don't eat horse paste. Unless, of course, you're a horse. That tidbit of animal husbandry comes from...

People wait for a bus on the 100 block of North Michigan Avenue in Chicago's Loop on Aug. 9, 2021.

Column: New census shows fewer white Americans, but that’s because of how we’re counting

August 20, 2021 at 2:51 p.m.

Are you alarmed or reassured by headlines that show "America's white population is shrinking"? Where you stand, as the old saying goes, depends on where you sit. I think everyone...

President Joe Biden walks from the East Room after talking about Afghanistan at the White House on Aug. 16, 2021.

Column: President Biden’s Afghan pullout looked good — until it didn’t

August 18, 2021 at 10:04 a.m.

In the lead-up to Kabul's fall, President Joe Biden's most memorable quote appears to be his answer on July 8 to a reporter's question about an assessment from the intelligence...

J.D. Vance speaks with venture capitalists during a 2018 bus tour in Youngstown, Ohio. Vance, author of the bestseller "Hillbilly Elegy," said on July 1, 2021, that he would seek the Republican nomination for the Senate in Ohio.

Column: ‘Hillbilly Elegy’ author throws hat in the ring — and it’s a MAGA hat

August 13, 2021 at 5:23 p.m.

Ever since I first wrote about bestselling author J.D. Vance as a "Trump translator," people have wanted me to be a Vance explainer. That's OK. I explain things for a...

Chicago police officers watch the procession of police vehicles leading the ambulance carrying the body of a fellow officer as it arrives at the Cook County medical examiner.

Column: Can we turn our latest police tragedy into a triumph over violent crimes?

August 10, 2021 at 2:31 p.m.

You would need a heart of granite to remain unmoved by the loss of Chicago police Officer Ella French. The 29-year-old, on the force for three years, was fatally shot...

Jacob Anthony Angeli Chansley, known as the QAnon Shaman, amid the U.S. Capitol riot in Washington, D.C., on Jan. 6, 2021.

Column: Has America’s right wing entered its ‘hippie phase’? Ask the QAnon shaman.

August 6, 2021 at 6:57 p.m.

As radical supporters of Donald Trump stormed the Capitol on Jan. 6, I was taken by an odd sense of deja vu turned on its head. I was reminded of...

Tyson Foods team members receive COVID-19 vaccines from health officials at the Wilkesboro, N.C. facility on Feb. 2, 2021.

Column: Vaccine hesitant? There’s nothing to fear but fear — and the virus

August 3, 2021 at 4:35 p.m.

President Joe Biden and his team were beginning to sound noticeably nervous about falling short of his national goal to administer at least one vaccine dose to 70% of adult...

Robert Swiderski snacks on ice cream while making his way around Chicago City Hall on July 15, 2021. Swiderski is halfway through a 28 hours straight combination run and walk to raise awareness for mental health and suicide prevention of police officers.

Column: Police suicides remind us that our folks in blue get the blues, too — to a deadly degree

July 16, 2021 at 4:58 p.m.

Reports this past week of the death of a Chicago police officer from a self-inflicted gunshot reminded me of a sadly startling statistic: Police in recent years have been more...

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