Same as it ever was: Another week, another tweet poll
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...
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Column: Wait a sec! Is it really time to re-legalize granny flats 63 years after Chicago banned them?
To judge from the news archives, there wasn't much debate or discussion about it when Chicago outlawed the construction of new coach house residences in 1957. The Tribune story on...
Whether or not he gets his convention in Charlotte, Trump wins
The Republican National Committee began sending out official invitations Monday to its nominating convention, scheduled for Aug. 24-27 in Charlotte, North Carolina. The mailing was an act of supreme optimism...
Column: Say what? Republicans don’t want to allow you to vote on the graduated income tax
Illinois House Republican Leader Jim Durkin submitted a joint resolution Monday asking lawmakers to deny voters the opportunity to weigh in this November on the idea of allowing the state...
Column: Graduations by video reveal technology’s bright spots in dark times
It wasn't great, the way our twins graduated from college earlier this month. At least not compared to how we'd imagined it: Traveling to two campuses on two successive weekends....
Cast away your cares and take the Tweet of the Week survey
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...
Column: State legislators who defy the mask requirement should be barred from session
If the mask rebels prevail Wednesday morning in Springfield, the ultimate losers are likely to be the very people they claim to be fighting for. News reports have suggested that...
Zero stars for Lightfoot’s fifth-star idea
Mayor Lori Lightfoot has twice recently floated the optimistic idea that the efforts of local citizens to conquer the threat of the novel coronavirus will merit the addition of a...
Column: The city is poised to sweep another appalling cop shooting under the rug
Fortunately for all concerned, Ricardo Hayes survived being shot by off-duty Chicago police Sgt. Khalil Muhammad in August 2017. Video surveillance from a porch nearby shows clearly that it was...
Column: Advice for diners: Skip the apps, leave a big tip and help save local restaurants
First, call the restaurant. Even before next Friday, when Chicago will begin requiring third-party food-delivery services such as Grubhub, DoorDash and Uber Eats to give customers itemized breakdowns of the...