Eric Zorn

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February 4, 2020 at 5:04 p.m.

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Gov. J.B. Pritzker delivers his first State of the State speech before a joint session of the Illinois House and Senate at the State Capitol in Springfield on Jan. 29, 2020.

Column: Aiming high won’t get the job done for state ethics reformers. They need to aim highest.

February 4, 2020 at 5:01 p.m.

In his Jan. 29 State of the State speech, Gov. J.B. Pritzker called for "real, lasting ethics reform." Good. But not good enough. Not for the moment we're in. Tightening...

O.J. Simpson appears via video for his parole hearing at the Lovelock Correctional Center in Lovelock, Nev., on July 20, 2017.

I can’t help but feel somewhat responsible for the tweets I have chosen as the best of the month

February 3, 2020 at 4:19 p.m.

Here, in no particular order, are my choices for the top tweets in my feed from the month of January, 2020 Calling the US Senate the world's greatest deliberative body...

President Donald Trump gestures during his State of the Union speech in Capitol on Jan. 30, 2018. Trump called for bipartisan unity in the address, but his words and actions since that day have undermined that stated purpose.

Column: Democrats should put Trump on thin ice before the State of the Union speech

February 1, 2020 at 10:22 p.m.

In comparatively calmer times two years ago, I argued for civility at the State of the Union speech, saying that it's better for congressional Democrats to sit in furious silence...

Gov. J.B. Pritzker, center, arrives with Lt. Gov. Juliana Stratton and his wife, M.K. Pritzker, to deliver his first State of the State speech on Jan. 29, 2020.

Column: Illinois should partner with a red state to fight gerrymandering

January 31, 2020 at 6:30 p.m.

Critics were unhappy that Gov. J.B. Pritzker didn't mention the issue of gerrymandering in his State of the State speech Wednesday in Springfield. Taking partisanship out of how our political...

Attorney Alan Dershowitz arrives at the Senate to join President Donald Trump's legal team during the impeachment trial at the Capitol on Jan. 27, 2020.

Column: The two questions I would have asked at Donald Trump’s impeachment trial

January 30, 2020 at 5:20 p.m.

Q: Have you ever heard anything more absurd, offensive and anti-American than Alan Dershowitz's defense of President Donald Trump this week? Only senators could submit queries during question time Wednesday...

National security adviser John Bolton speaks with reporters outside the White House about the situation in Venezuela, Tuesday, April 30, 2019, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

As you wait to hear if witnesses will testify in the impeachment ‘trial,’ fill out the Tweet of the Week survey to pass the time

January 28, 2020 at 5:16 p.m.

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