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Doreen Angone, hangs photos of Dajore Wilson near her memorial on 47th Street and South Union Avenu on Sept. 9, 2020 in Chicago. Angone, who lives across the street, said she was the first one there on Monday evening and helping the victims until first responders arrived.

Column: Is there a rain hard enough to cleanse Chicago of its sins against children?

September 9, 2020 at 1:00 a.m.

A hard rain fell on the corner of 47th and Union where Dajore Wilson, 8, was shot and killed, another child victim of Chicago's endless street gang wars. On this...

Column: What if, in those violent big cities run by liberal Democrats, the politics were different?

September 6, 2020 at 7:19 a.m.

You want to play a game? It's Labor Day weekend. You've got some time. But as the legendary Chicago bartender Mr. Dooley used to say, this game ain't bean bag....

With a video of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi at a hair salon displayed, White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany speaks during a news briefing at the White House Sept. 3.

Column: Remember, Nancy Pelosi, it’s always those little things that bite

September 4, 2020 at 1:00 a.m.

There's something delicious about hard-eyed House Speaker Nancy Pelosi playing the victim of a "setup" after her maskless visit to a San Francisco hair salon was recorded and broadcast on...

U.S. Rep. Sean Casten tours the Westmont Fire Department on Tuesday, Sept. 1, 2020.

Column: Talking toenails, Nancy Pelosi, the People’s Republic of Oak Park? Who wins the Golden Moutza of August?

September 3, 2020 at 7:40 a.m.

Who wins your Golden Moutza of the Month of August? Will it be House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, getting her hair done — without a mask at one point — in...

Taris Williams cuts the grass in front of the housing complex near where Jacob Blake was shot by police last week, on Sept. 1, 2020, in Kenosha. Williams said it is up to residents to take care of the neighborhood and he cuts grass at more than a dozen locations. He said he does it for the good of the community, it's therapeutic and because "children emulate what they see."

Column: Trump’s stop in Kenosha wasn’t risky. It was smart politics.

September 2, 2020 at 1:00 a.m.

You can understand why Democrats didn't want President Donald Trump to visit Kenosha to respond to last week's mob violence, looting and arson. They're embarrassed. They're worried about the election...

People attend to a wounded person, during a clash with law enforcement, on Aug. 25, 2020 in Kenosha, Wisconsin.

Column: Democrats play with matches. Does Joe Biden get burned?

August 29, 2020 at 1:00 a.m.

The Democrats have been playing with fire for months like foolish, thoughtless kids playing with matches in the hayloft of a barn. Yet now that the barn is burning around...

Indiana Commerce Secretary Jim Schellinger hobnobs during the Northwest Indiana Forum's Ignite the Region initiative on Sept. 13, 2018.

Column: Indiana is open for business as the Illinois Exodus continues

August 28, 2020 at 1:00 a.m.

Many Illinois business owners — those who provide jobs and tax revenue in a state broken by the politicians — feel that state officials don't really care about them anymore....

Gov. J.B. Pritzker appears at the University of Chicago's Harper Center on July 23, 2020.

Column: How much do you trust Pritzker’s ‘fair tax’? Here’s a way to prove it

August 27, 2020 at 1:00 a.m.

Gov. J.B. Pritzker wants you to trust him. He and his fellow Democrats are pushing their "fair tax" proposal on the November ballot. And they promise that if you vote...

President Donald Trump speaks on the first day of the Republican National Convention at the Charlotte Convention Center on Aug. 24, 2020, in North Carolina.

Column: In empathy’s name, Trump the Disruptor offers school choice to #WalkAway parents

August 26, 2020 at 11:39 a.m.

President Donald Trump wasn't elected for his empathy. He was elected to kick the Washington establishment — the bipartisan courtiers of our modern Versailles on the Potomac — in their...

A protester argues with a Chicago police officer as police check bags and allow a few people out at a time after police cornered protesters on LaSalle Street in the Loop on Aug. 15, 2020.

Column: The silence of Joe Biden and the Democrats on the violence in the cities

August 21, 2020 at 5:51 p.m.

Joe Biden, the smiling figurehead who Democrats have nominated for president, closed his party's virtual convention with a speech that proved two things about him. The man can still ably...

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