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Lobbyist Mike McClain, seated, talks outside House Speaker Michael Madigan's office in Springfield in 2016.

Column: Illinois Democrats are finally standing up to Madigan. When will Washington Republicans stand up to Trump?

November 19, 2020 at 4:30 p.m.

Wednesday's blockbuster federal indictment of four major figures in the Commonwealth Edison bribery scandal looks like the last stand for the "If Troop." "If Troop" is my name for the...

Double the polls, double the fun

November 20, 2020 at 1:16 p.m.

I decided this week to separate the political from the apolitical tweets since Twitter wits were so busy on all fronts. Instructions: Click the box next to each tweet that...

Column: Take a Thanksgiving lesson from our neighbors up north, eh?

November 17, 2020 at 5:04 p.m.

We could learn a thing or two about Thanksgiving from our friends in Canada. First, the timing. Canadians observe their traditional communal feast to celebrate "the bountiful harvest" on the...

Stantis cartoon for Eric Zorn Nov. 15, 2020, column
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Column: Whatever you call it, a video-conference Thanksgiving will be the way to go

November 16, 2020 at 12:16 p.m.

In an online departmental chat the other day, our editor asked the opinion team about their plans for the upcoming holiday. I contributed a note about the "Thankszooming" observance being...

Column: Trump’s tantrum injects some badly needed comedy into a tragic 2020

November 12, 2020 at 5:08 p.m.

I've settled comfortably into "highly amused." President Donald Trump's epic, infantile postelection hissy fit strikes me as one of the funniest chapters in American political history. The wild denials of...

What a world of merriment the Tweet of the Week poll foretells!

November 16, 2020 at 12:29 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...

Supporters of presumptive President-elect Joe Biden taunt supporters of President Donald Trump as they protest outside the Pennsylvania Convention Center in Philadelphia on Nov. 8, 2020, a day after the 2020 election was called for Biden.

Column: Twitter bites back with clever postelection quippery

November 10, 2020 at 12:39 p.m.

"Gotta love how breaking the United States Postal Service, encouraging supporters to vote in person and making Pennsylvania count votes late — all designed to throw the election his way...

Pro graduated-rate income tax amendment signs line a walkway near an early voting site in Palatine on Nov. 2, 2020.

Column: Second-guessing the campaign for the ‘fair tax’ that went so foul

November 7, 2020 at 3:07 p.m.

Tuesday's defeat of the referendum calling for a state constitutional amendment to allow for graduated income tax rates was so resounding that it's doubtful any one change or even a...

Column: Our elections are a mess. From far left to hard right, we should all agree to fix them.

November 5, 2020 at 3:04 p.m.

How about now? How about taking advantage of the unnecessary and agitating delay in learning who won the presidential race to begin the process of standardizing our patchwork system of...

Supporters of President Donald Trump wave a flag during an election watch party Nov. 3, 2020, in Chandler, Arizona.

Column: Trumpism will shape the next four years, no matter who the president is

November 4, 2020 at 3:22 p.m.

I admit I pinned my preelection hopes on not just a defeat of President Donald Trump, but a repudiation — a landslide statement by voters from the center right all...

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