Eric Zorn

People fill out their ballot during early voting at Welles Park in Chicago, Oct. 14, 2020.

Column: Pro: Call it ‘fair’ or ‘foul,’ the graduated-rate amendment will make for a better income tax

October 1, 2020 at 4:56 p.m.

Note: A referendum on the Nov. 3 ballot will ask Illinois voters if they want to amend the state constitution to allow for a graduated-rate income tax system in which...

The most stunningly ambidextrous Tweet of the Week poll ever!

October 3, 2020 at 2:05 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...

A Lake County sheriff's deputy watches protesters outside the Lake County Courthouse on Sept. 25, 2020, in Waukegan. An extradition hearing was being held inside for Kyle Rittenhouse, of Antioch, who is charged in the fatal shootings of Anthony Huber and Joseph Rosenbaum in August during protests in Kenosha.

Column: Big man Kyle Rittenhouse now wants to be treated like a boy

September 29, 2020 at 5:16 p.m.

There's grim irony in Kyle Rittenhouse's legal fight to block his extradition to Wisconsin to face murder charges for allegedly shooting to death two protesters Aug. 25 in Kenosha. On...

A memorial near the scene where four men were shot and killed at Nadia Fish & Chicken in Chicago's South Shore neighborhood on April 24, 2017.

Column: The big case you haven’t heard of because Kim Foxx did the right thing

September 25, 2020 at 7:34 p.m.

"A couple of months ago," said Democratic Cook County State's Attorney Kim Foxx, "we had a quadruple homicide that we'd charged under this administration where, as we were continuing to...

A child holds a sign reading "Justice for Breonna" as people gather for a protest in reaction to the announcement of charges in the Breonna Taylor case outside of St. Sabina Church in Chicago on Wednesday, September 23, 2020. (Chris Sweda/baiduhai)

Column: The Breonna Taylor case is heartbreaking, but not a ‘miscarriage of justice’

September 24, 2020 at 5:52 p.m.

At a news conference in Chicago on Wednesday afternoon, Gov. J.B. Pritzker referred to a Louisville, Kentucky, grand jury's decision not to charge police officers in the death of Breonna...

This Oct. 28, 2019 photo shows Michael Stipe and Mike Mills, from R.E.M. posing for a portrait in New York. The Neptunes, the innovative production-songwriting duo of Pharrell Williams and Chad Hugo, are nominated for the prestigious Songwriters Hall of Fame 2020 class. Joining them as nominees are Outkast, R.E.M., Mariah Carey, Patti Smith, Journey, Vince Gill, Gloria Estefan, the Isley Brothers, the Eurythmics, Mike Love, David Gates and Steve Miller. (Photo by Matt Licari/Invision/AP)

The Tweet of the Week poll is not rigged. Or so they want you to believe

September 25, 2020 at 4:04 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...

A makeshift memorial for Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsberg outside the Supreme Court in Washington on Sept. 21, 2020.

Column: Trump has every right to name a Supreme Court nominee. But beware! Political Calvinball is a game both sides can play

September 22, 2020 at 4:18 p.m.

My position remains unchanged from 2016. The U.S. Constitution means what it says. The president of the United States "shall nominate, and by and with the advice and consent of...

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