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Sen. Richard Burr appears on Capitol Hill in Washington on May 14, 2019.

Column: Washington chews on a $2 trillion coronavirus relief package, a sausage that even Napoleon the pig would love

March 25, 2020 at 1:00 a.m.

When governments frantically throw more money than they can afford at a crisis — and we're throwing trillions (yes, trillions) at the desperate war against the coronavirus with that federal...

LaSalle Street. looking south, toward the empty Financial District on March 17, 2020.

Column: How much liberty do we want to give up as government fights deadly coronavirus?

March 21, 2020 at 12:34 p.m.

When Gov. J.B. Pritzker announced his statewide stay-at-home order Friday to help fight the coronavirus, I faced a conflict of interest: I love that old American motto from our War...

Though we're many months away from ripe tomatoes, now is the time to plan your garden.

Column: Time to plan your coronavirus garden. Do you really have anything better to do?

March 20, 2020 at 1:00 a.m.

The coronavirus really doesn't give two figs for what you think. But Mother Nature doesn't care what the coronavirus thinks either, so they're even. And now we're into the first...

An empty stairwell to the State/Lake CTA "L" station during the evening rush March 17, 2020, in Chicago's Loop.

Column: What we’ll learn about ourselves, and our nation, during the coronavirus pandemic

March 18, 2020 at 6:29 p.m.

After the first of those oddly comical fistfights over toilet paper in grocery stores, and before the possibility of horrific battles over respirators in the weeks to come, I committed...

An election judge sanitizes markers at a polling place for 21st precinct voters at Byrne School in Chicago's 23rd Ward on March 17.

Column: Gov. Pritzker serves his politics and risks coronavirus spread on Election Day

March 18, 2020 at 2:15 p.m.

On Election Day — the day that Illinois recorded its first death from the coronavirus pandemic — Gov. J.B. Pritzker was in full outrage mode, defending his decision to put...

Gov. J.B. Pritzker announces in a press conference at the Thompson Center in Chicago on Friday, March 13, 2020, that all schools statewide will be closed through March 30 in an effort to curtail the spread of COVID-19.

Column: Gov. J.B. Pritzker closes schools to be safe, but doesn’t dare touch the election

March 13, 2020 at 7:13 p.m.

It wasn't easy for him, but Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker did the smart and prudent thing on Friday by canceling school in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic. But weirdly,...

Presidential candidate Joe Biden argues about gun rights with a worker as he tours the Fiat Chrysler plant in Detroit on March 10, 2020.

Column: Trump wasn’t the first to wonder about #BidensCognitiveDecline

March 11, 2020 at 8:14 a.m.

As "Joe Biden" and "senility" become twins in voters' minds, like macaroni and cheese, Biden got into a verbal brawl with a Michigan autoworker, telling the younger man he was...

Column: Coronavirus perfect excuse for my campaign against salad bars and ladle lickers

March 6, 2020 at 4:04 p.m.

Even with all the media attention on coronavirus, we're missing the really big story: Those disgusting hot food bars and salad bars at various supermarkets and food courts near you....

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer of N.Y. speaks to reporters on Capitol Hill on March 3, 2020, in Washington.

Column: I intended to defend Chuck Schumer, but he just wouldn’t shut up

March 6, 2020 at 12:00 a.m.

I'd planned to write a column defending Democratic Sen. Chuck Schumer of New York for his idiotic and malevolent threats against Supreme Court justices. "You're going to defend Schumer?" asked...

Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders pauses during a news briefing at his campaign office on March 4 in Burlington, Vermont.

Column: To fight Joe Biden, Bernie Sanders should learn how to say ‘Comeback Kid’ in Ukrainian

March 5, 2020 at 5:29 a.m.

As Joe Biden climbed out of his political grave, CNN anchors were so excited they wriggled like puppies about to wet the carpet and called him "The Comeback Kid." Biden...

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