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Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., dismisses the impeachment process against President Donald Trump as he meets with reporters at the Capitol in Washington on Dec. 17, 2019.

Column: Three little words that are music to my ears: ‘Impeach and hold’

December 19, 2019 at 4:13 p.m.

Wednesday night we learned that House Democrats led by Speaker Nancy Pelosi are reportedly considering delaying President Donald Trump's impeachment trial in the Senate. They'd do so by declining to...

Actor Jussie Smollett speaks to Judge James Linn after his sentence is read on March 10, 2022, at the Leighton Criminal Court Building.

Column: Jussie Smollett might be returning to ‘Empire,’ but he’ll surely play a role in Cook County politics in 2020

December 20, 2019 at 4:35 p.m.

A few more updates on stories and issues I wrote about in the past year. The entertainment press is reporting that discussions are underway to have actor Jussie Smollett return...

You’ll shout out with glee at this all-Christmas version of the Tweet of the Week poll

December 17, 2019 at 7:10 p.m.

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A pedestrian enters Millennium Station and the Pedway in Chicago on Dec. 22, 2016.

Column: Good news about Pedway signage and fake meat, plus other year-end updates

December 17, 2019 at 4:27 p.m.

Directional signage in the Pedway, downtown's delightful subterranean labyrinth, is still awful. More than a year after two other Tribune columnists, the Tribune Editorial Board and I began banging away...

White Claw hard seltzer at Binny's Beverage Depot on North Marcey Street in Chicago on Sept. 19, 2018.

Column: From Airbnb to TikTok, the things that have risen onto our radar screen in the 2010s

December 13, 2019 at 6:12 p.m.

On June 6, 2010, under the headline "A click better than couch surfing," freelance travel writer Terry Gardner introduced Tribune readers to Airbnb, a newfangled startup that connected travelers with...

Column: This week’s selection of tweets is even funnier than the idea that a dog is inconveniently large!

December 10, 2019 at 5:48 p.m.

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House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, center, accompanied by Reps. Jerrold Nadler, D-N.Y., from left, Maxine Waters, D-Calif., Carolyn Maloney, D-N.Y., Richard Neal, D-Mass., and Adam Schiff, D-Calif., appear at a news conference to unveil articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump on Dec. 10, 2019, on Capitol Hill in Washington.

Column: Get real, Democrats, and fight for public support of impeachment

December 10, 2019 at 6:40 p.m.

On NBC's "Meet the Press" on Sunday, moderator Chuck Todd displayed a chart labeled "ads on impeachment aired, December 1-7.? "GOP affiliated, 4,265," said the chart, attributed to NBC News....

A large group gathers for the Chicago Rally for Reproductive Justice abortion rights event on May 23, 2019, at Daley Plaza in Chicago.

Column: As the number of abortions continues to fall, support for abortion rights is soaring

December 6, 2019 at 7:03 p.m.

Abortion is in decline. In a report issued last month, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention found that the number of abortions among women ages 15-44 dropped by...

Former police Superintendent Eddie Johnson at a news conference at police headquarters in Chicago on Oct. 28, 2019.

Column: Former police Superintendent Eddie Johnson is wrong about reputations. It’s easy — too easy — to destroy them in a single day.

December 4, 2019 at 5:30 p.m.

Among the clinkers in fired Chicago police Superintendent Eddie Johnson's public statement Tuesday, the most tone-deaf line was: "Reputations are not built in a day and not damaged in a...

Alexa, tell me the top 10 tweets of November

December 3, 2019 at 3:29 p.m.

Here, in no particular order, are my choices for the top tweets in my feed from the month of November, 2019 Would your ancestors still have died for the right...

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