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Members of the Denver Nuggets and the Dallas Mavericks lock arms and take a knee during the national anthem before an NBA basketball game in Denver on Jan. 7, 2021.

Column: O say can you see that ‘virtue signaling’ shouldn’t be an insult?

February 11, 2021 at 8:02 p.m.

Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban earned a swift rebuke from the NBA after news broke Tuesday that he'd discontinued a mass virtue-signaling ritual prior to his team's home games by...

If you know right from wrong, you know that it’s right to fill out the Tweet of the Week poll

February 12, 2021 at 12:40 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...

Don Tracy, then a Republican candidate for Illinois lieutenant governor, participates Jan. 7, 2010, in a debate with challengers in Springfield.

Column: New state Republican Party chair Don Tracy lives in an ethical glass house

February 9, 2021 at 4:51 p.m.

In September 2018, a Springfield labor leader filed a complaint with the state's Office of Executive Inspector General against Don Tracy, who last weekend was elected chair of the Illinois...

Dwight David Eisenhower, left, and Richard Milhous Nixon in Chicago on July 12, 1952. That November, Eisenhower was elected president, and Nixon, his running mate, was elected vice president.

Column: To Milhous and beyond — a deep dive into presidential middle names

February 5, 2021 at 3:32 p.m.

Dwight Eisenhower was an undocumented citizen, a fact that his campaign staff feared might be used against him when he ran for president in 1952. No one seriously doubted that...

A Lake County sheriff's deputy watches protesters outside the Lake County Courthouse on Sept. 25, 2020, in Waukegan. An extradition hearing was being held inside for Kyle Rittenhouse, of Antioch, who is charged in the fatal shootings of Anthony Huber and Joseph Rosenbaum in August during protests in Kenosha.

Column: The Kyle Rittenhouse story is looking more and more like a rerun of George Zimmerman

February 4, 2021 at 5:18 p.m.

Kyle Rittenhouse, like George Zimmerman before him, is turning out to be every bit as dreadful as his insta-critics assumed. Rittenhouse is the teen from far north suburban Antioch, who...

Sriracha became a condiment sensation in the mid-2010s. Also known as rooster sauce because of the label on the Huy Fong Sriracha bottle, this spicy Thai chili sauce was not only used for adding heat to dishes but was also incorporated into beer, potato chips, nuts and other snacks. You can even wear your love for Sriracha on shirts, socks and boxers.

Don’t take the Tweet of the Week poll the wrong way! (Follow instructions)

February 5, 2021 at 11:11 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...

Rep. Adam Kinzinger, R-Ill., speaks to the media at the White House on March 6, 2019. Kinzinger is slamming as beyond repugnant President Donald Trump's tweet of a conservative pastor's comment that removing Trump from office would provoke a civil war.?

Column: Adam Kinzinger’s new quest to sober up the conspiracy-drunk Republican Party? Good luck with that.

February 2, 2021 at 3:32 p.m.

Adam Kinzinger asks us to imagine rank-and-file members of his Republican Party in the role of a regretful over-imbiber, "waking up Saturday morning from a real bad Friday night bender,"...

Jacoby Cochran, in his bedroom/office, will soon be hosting a new podcast, "City Cast Chicago."

Column: An ambitious network of local podcasts is set to debut in Chicago

January 29, 2021 at 3:36 p.m.

Jacoby Cochran, a storyteller and communications instructor from the South Side, will be hosting a new podcast starting next month focusing on local news, culture and personalities. This would ordinarily...

Parishioners raise their hands in worship as the Rev. Michael Pfleger leads the Sunday morning service at St. Sabina Church on June 6, 2021. "It's good to be home," an emotional Pfleger said to a packed and jubilant crowd at St. Sabina Church — his first time leading a congregation in five months.

Column: Rev. Michael Pfleger can’t be criminally tried on old sex abuse claims, so let’s hear from him

January 28, 2021 at 3:51 p.m.

The Rev. Michael Pfleger can't be charged or prosecuted based on the recent claims of two brothers that he sexually abused them when they were minors in the 1970s. Yes,...

President Joe Biden speaks during the 59th Presidential Inauguration at the U.S. Capitol in Washington.

Folks, you’re going to like the new Tweet of the Week poll

January 29, 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...

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