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Democratic presidential candidate former Vice President Joe Biden arrives at Cleveland Airport in Cleveland, Tuesday, Sept. 29, 2020, for the first presidential debate against President Donald Trump.

Column: Trump’s toxic debate performance was 90 minutes of disqualifying noise and cruelty

September 30, 2020 at 10:10 a.m.

Like most Americans who have not spent the past decade broiling their brains in Fox News and right-wing radio, I watched President Donald Trump's noisily toxic performance in Tuesday's presidential...

A new book by comedian Michael Ian Black, called "A Better Man," tackles the subjects of men and "toxic masculinity" in an American moment when bullying seems all the rage.

Column: New book looks at masculinity in the age of Trump and our country’s problem with the ‘Real Man’

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

I was scrubbing the upstairs bathroom tub, listening to a track from the 1972 film adaptation of the Broadway musical "Cabaret" and thinking about masculinity. What prompted this — the...

President Donald Trump arrives at Charlotte Douglas International Airport on Sept. 24, 2020, in Charlotte, North Carolina.

Column: Trump’s upcoming coup: A formal invitation from a cowardly president who knows he might lose

September 25, 2020 at 9:14 a.m.

This will be remembered as the week President Donald Trump formally announced his plans to stage a coup. Coups, as a general rule, don't receive much advance publicity. But Trump...

A woman passes a fence outside Brooklyn's Green-Wood Cemetery adorned with tributes to victims of COVID-19 in New York on May 28, 2020.

Column: 200,000 US coronavirus deaths will be Trump’s legacy, and his cynical lies should be his end

September 22, 2020 at 1:59 p.m.

The U.S. death toll from the coronavirus reached 200,000 Tuesday. That staggeringly grim count came less than a day after President Donald Trump, rambling like a clueless loon before a...

Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot speaks at the Chicago Cultural Center on Aug. 31, 2020.

Column: Lightfoot’s pandemic parking ticket relief waffle means anyone can be ‘a public safety threat’

September 22, 2020 at 1:00 a.m.

Back in the early weeks of the coronavirus pandemic, Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot, recognizing the impending chaos and economic hardship, said the city would stop ticketing cars at expired meters....

President Donald Trump speaks during the White House Conference on American History at the National Archives in Washington on Sept. 17.

Column: Trump’s coronavirus vaccine is coming … in two weeks! And it will make you more patriotic.

September 18, 2020 at 1:00 a.m.

Hello, fellow patriots. My name is Rex Huppke and I'm a proud member of President Donald Trump's Council On Patriotism-Inducing Coronavirus Vaccines That Will Be Ready In Two Weeks. We...

President Donald Trump speaks with reporters as he walks to Marine One on the South Lawn of the White House on Sept. 15, 2020, in Washington.

Column: Republicans adopt ‘herd mentality’ to Trump’s dangerous rigged-election rhetoric by staying silent

September 16, 2020 at 9:06 a.m.

As President Donald Trump continues to recklessly paint mail-in ballots as nefarious liberal creations, as he tweets and squawks nonsensically about a "rigged election," there is silence from Republican lawmakers....

Chicago Bears quarterback Mitch Trubisky (10), head coach Matt Nagy, defensive tackle Akiem Hicks (96) and cornerback Kyle Fuller (23) during the national anthem at Ford Field in Detroit on Sept. 13, 2020.

Column: The Chicago Bears win was big. The players’ diverse protests during the national anthem were bigger.

September 14, 2020 at 12:36 p.m.

The Chicago Bears won the season opener, a stunning fourth-quarter comeback over the Detroit Lions. But the victory was only No. 2 on the list of "Important Things the Bears...

President Donald Trump speaks during a news conference at the White House on Sept. 10, 2020.

Column: Always-calm Trump lied about coronavirus but patriotically made sure no Americans died of panic

September 10, 2020 at 4:56 p.m.

I can tell you this: If there's one thing President Donald Trump does not want to do, it's create a panic. Tweet from Trump, Sept. 10, 2020: "If I don't...

President Donald Trump and Attorney General William Barr step off Air Force One upon arrival at Andrews Air Force Base in Maryland on Sept. 1, 2020.

Column: Barr’s Justice Department rides to Trump’s defense in case involving rape claim. Your tax dollars at work!

September 9, 2020 at 12:13 p.m.

Great news, fellow Americans. Our tax dollars may now be used to help defend President Donald Trump in a defamation lawsuit brought by a woman who claims Trump raped her!...

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