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Parishioners raise their hands in worship as the Rev. Michael Pfleger leads the Sunday morning service at St. Sabina Church on June 6, 2021. "It's good to be home," an emotional Pfleger said to a packed and jubilant crowd at St. Sabina Church — his first time leading a congregation in five months.

Column: Don’t make up your mind yet about the sexual abuse accusations against Rev. Michael Pfleger

January 26, 2021 at 3:27 p.m.

The accusations against South Side activist priest the Rev. Michael Pfleger are, in a word, revolting. Either way. If they're true, Pfleger repeatedly sexually abused two boys in the early...

Jake Krez, right, talks with fellow customer Tom Schuba while sitting at the bar.

Column: The whole world is now a shanty town as sea songs blow up online

January 22, 2021 at 5:55 p.m.

For once, I was early to the cultural party. I've loved sea shanties since I was a kid and listened to my dad, a former Navy man, singing them. My...

President Donald Trump's former chief strategist Steve Bannon speaks with reporters in New York on Aug. 20, 2020, after pleading not guilty to charges that he ripped off donors to an online fundraising scheme to build a southern border wall.

Column: The unpardonable reach of the presidential pardon power needs limits

January 21, 2021 at 6:29 p.m.

Give him credit, NFL Hall of Fame Bears linebacker Brian Urlacher still knows how the game is played. Last February, four days after his younger brother Casey Urlacher was indicted...

These tweets do not want to be loved so much as to be understood

January 22, 2021 at 12:46 p.m.

Instructions: Click the box next to each tweet that amuses you -- no limit to the number of choices. Voting closes Friday at noon Chicago time. Winner is published in...

The White House in Washington is shown at sunset on Dec. 22, 2020.

Column: By the numbers: The state of the nation Donald Trump leaves behind

January 19, 2021 at 4:23 p.m.

When you return a rental car in less than perfect condition these days, many companies will compare the vehicle with a series of photos taken before you drove off to...

State Rep. Emanuel "Chris" Welch talks to lawmakers at the Capitol in Springfield on May 25, 2016.

Column: Welch’s past should’ve prompted Illinois Democrats to slow down election of new speaker

January 15, 2021 at 8:49 p.m.

I'm certainly hoping that newly elected Illinois House Speaker Chris Welch has the leadership skills, the wisdom, the guts and the character to help yank the state back from the...

Armed men inside the Michigan State Capitol during a march for the right to bear arms in Lansing on Sept. 17, 2020.

Column: Threats of inauguration-related violence underscore the need to ban open carry

January 14, 2021 at 4:05 p.m.

Remember those unsettling photos and videos from the protest inside the Michigan Capitol in April? The demonstrators armed with military-style rifles as they squared off with police and attempted to...

Poll: A Tweet of Week double feature, for those who might need a laugh this week.

January 15, 2021 at 2:59 p.m.

Lots of activity on Twitter this week, as you might imagine. So much, in fact, that I've split the poll into two divisions, political and apolitical. Please be sure to...

Supporters board a bus at Lincoln Land Community College for a short ride to the 32nd annual Democratic Evening on the Lake fundraiser May 8, 2012, at Island Bay Yacht Club in Springfield.

Column: A Madigan loyalist warns of the ‘what comes next?’ problem

January 12, 2021 at 3:31 p.m.

"So let the fun begin," said Jaime Andrade dryly. Andrade, 48, is my state representative — a Democrat representing portions of Chicago's Northwest Side — and a supporter of embattled...

Coming clean: I made an error in my otherwise ‘admirable’ column on Donald Trump

January 8, 2021 at 5:21 p.m.

In my column Wednesday I wondered how President Donald Trump could possibly rate as America's most admired man in a recent Gallup Poll when he exhibited only one of the...

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