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The Illinois Fighting Illini celebrate a 91-88 win over the Ohio State Buckeyes in the Big Ten men's basketball tournament championship game at Lucas Oil Stadium on March 14, 2021, in Indianapolis.

Column: Bracket your feelings and root for your bitter rivals in the NCAA tournaments

March 18, 2021 at 3:26 p.m.

When I was 12, I had a crusty, full-page magazine photo of Ohio State University quarterback Rex Kern pinned to the bulletin board in my bedroom. Crusty because my best...

Column: Uncovered faces at Naperville’s open-the-schools rally send wrong message

March 16, 2021 at 4:19 p.m.

If you're among those demanding that we reopen schools for five-day-a-week, in-person education, the least you could do is pretend to be taking the COVID-19 pandemic seriously. Come on! Eyeballing...

If you are feeling bad, try filling out the Tweet of the Week poll! Hope this helps!

March 19, 2021 at 12:13 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...

Rep. Tammy Duckworth, D-Ill., and Republican candidate Larry Kaifesh field questions from the Tribune Editorial Board on Sept. 22, 2014.

Column: Sen. Tammy Duckworth’s foul language was fair comment on Fox News nitwit Tucker Carlson

March 14, 2021 at 11:06 a.m.

Would I have preferred it if Illinois' U.S. Sen. Tammy Duckworth had kept it clean Thursday when she went after Fox News host Tucker Carlson on Twitter? Fie on Tucker...

Column: Nasty, expensive school board elections for Chicago? Hard pass.

March 11, 2021 at 3:47 p.m.

The campaign literature in voters' mailboxes was vicious, dishonest, over the top and vaguely nauseating, rife with accusations of racism, incompetence and greed. One digitally altered image in particular showed...

Dr. Seuss children's books "If I Ran the Zoo," "And to Think That I Saw It on Mulberry Street," "On Beyond Zebra!" and "McElligot's Pool," will continue to be available at the Naperville Public Library branches despite the announcement they will no longer be published because of racist and insensitive imagery.

I hope this Tweet of the Week Poll finds you well

March 12, 2021 at 12:11 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...

Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., attends a Senate meeting on Capitol Hill in Washington on March 1, 2021.

Column: Sen. Dick Durbin breaks with President Joe Biden to endorse needed filibuster reform

March 9, 2021 at 3:34 p.m.

"Stand up and talk, Mr. Smith," said the text message Tuesday morning from Illinois U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin. I'd contacted the second-ranking Democrat in the Senate to ask for his...

Gov. Pat Quinn signs into law a bill ending the death penalty in Illinois on March 9, 2011, at the State Capitol in Springfield.

Column: Abolition of the death penalty in Illinois kicked off a decade of criminal justice progress

March 5, 2021 at 5:29 p.m.

Ten years ago Tuesday at a somber, sparsely attended event in his office in the state Capitol, Democratic Gov. Pat Quinn ended nearly two months of suspense by signing a...

The word "thug," which was once merely a synonym for goon, violent hooligan, ruffian has evolved into a coded racial slur in some instances.

Column: ‘Thug’ is a problem word — even if it didn’t used to be

March 2, 2021 at 4:53 p.m.

The recent dust-up on social media over WGN-TV sports anchor Dan Roan's use of the word "thug" to describe a Black basketball player is yet another cautionary tale illustrating that...

Great offerings in the Tweet of the Week poll. But are they art?

March 5, 2021 at 7:58 p.m.

Instructions: Click the box next to each tweet that amuses you -- no limit to the number of choices. Voting closes Friday at 9.am. Chicago time (Note early poll closing...

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