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Republican candidate for Cook County state's attorney Patrick O'Brien prepares for a debate against Christopher Pfannkuche at ABC 7 on Feb. 27, 2020, in Chicago.

Column: Kim Foxx’s challenger also has some explaining to do about a high-profile case

August 25, 2020 at 6:53 p.m.

What was she thinking? It's a legitimate question to ask about the way Democratic Cook County State's Attorney Kim Foxx handled the strange and curious case of Jussie Smollett, the...

Protesters outside Mayor Lori Lightfoot's home May 14, 2020, to bring attention to the demolition of the Crawford coal plant.

Column: Defending ‘Fort Lori,’ a redoubt needed now more than ever

August 24, 2020 at 10:05 a.m.

Everything looked normal at "Fort Lori" Friday morning. The stretch of Wrightwood Avenue in front of the home where Mayor Lori Lightfoot lives with her wife, Amy Esheman, and their...

Column: Slogan or agenda? The blurry meaning of ‘Black Lives Matter’

August 20, 2020 at 3:21 p.m.

Did you see it? The block capital letters B, L and M on adjacent shelves in the cluttered background just over Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren's left shoulder during her Democratic...

When they go low, we take the Tweet of the Week poll

August 21, 2020 at 12:21 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...

Cook County State's Attorney Kim Foxx, left, and Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot greet after holding a news conference at Chicago's Milton Lee Olive Park on Aug. 14, 2020.

Column: Kim Foxx must explain her handling of the Jussie Smollett case

August 18, 2020 at 4:11 p.m.

It's not even a surprise anymore. Cook County State's Attorney Kim Foxx blew yet another chance to begin to put the Jussie Smollett controversy behind her Monday when she issued...

Sen. Kamala Harris appears Saturday, Nov. 2, 2019 at the Finkenauer Fish Fry in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. (Brian Cassella/baiduhai)

Column: News weak — a once-proud magazine shames itself by publishing birther nonsense

August 14, 2020 at 11:20 p.m.

We were a Newsweek family when I was a kid. Time, its bigger, older rival among legacy news magazines, felt like the more establishment product — "stately and imperial and...

A mask and social distancing sign is on a screen near the entrance of the Lakefront Restaurant at Theater on the Lake in Chicago on Aug. 6

Column: Cracking down on businesses that tolerate the maskless is a fine idea

August 14, 2020 at 4:02 p.m.

The Illinois Retail Merchants Association is wrong to say Gov. J.B. Pritzker's new rule that can impose fines of up to $2,500 on businesses that allow their customers not to...

A mail carrier works in the 1800 block of North Sacramento Avenue on March 31, 2020, in Chicago.

Column: President Trump is no longer hiding why he wants to sabotage the Postal Service

August 13, 2020 at 7:20 p.m.

President Donald Trump said the quiet part out loud in a TV interview Thursday when he linked his opposition to additional funding to the beleaguered U.S. Postal Service to his...

Time is running out to vote for the Tweet of the Week

August 17, 2020 at 5:58 p.m.

Storm damaged my Internet connection this week so the poll is very late going out! Instructions: Click the box next to each tweet that amuses you -- no limit to...

A Chicago police officer walks past Macy's on North Michigan Avenue in Chicago after the store and others in the area were looted on Aug. 10, 2020.

Column: Black Lives Matter’s racial justice message vs. ‘law and order’

August 11, 2020 at 4:46 p.m.

With apologies to my allies in the fight for social justice, my first thought, upon turning on the TV Monday morning to scenes of looters running out of stores downtown...

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