Rex W. Huppke – Page 23

Visitors walk along reopened Navy Pier on May 2, 2021, in Chicago.

Column: Not wearing a mask is as dumb as not wearing a condom — in the COVID-19 age, practice safe living

July 14, 2020 at 9:37 a.m.

To the mask-wearing and socially distanced few, the ones dutifully doing their part to slow the spread of the coronavirus here in Chicago and across the country, this is for...

President Donald Trump speaks in the Rose Garden of the White House on July 9, 2020, in Washington.

Column: Chicago could be homicide-free if it follows Trump’s coronavirus logic — stop counting and it goes away!

July 10, 2020 at 1:00 a.m.

If Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot were to follow what I call the Trump Theory of Astonishing Numerical Ignorance, the city could easily drive its homicide numbers down to zero. It's...

President Donald Trump during a "National Dialogue on Safely Reopening America's Schools," event at the White House, July 7, 2020, in Washington.

Column: Trump demands schools reopen or funds might be cut — our (expendable) kids must face the virus!

July 8, 2020 at 12:37 p.m.

All right, you little whippersnappers, listen up. I've had it with all the whining and griping about the "coronavirus pandemic" and the "debate over whether to open schools in the...

<p>- 2019 registration rank: #172 highest of 193 breeds
- Change in rank from previous year: +10 in popularity</p>

<p>According to the American Kennel Club these shaggy dogs are on the endangered dogs list. There are said to be less than 350 of them currently in the United States and roughly 1,000 left worldwide.</p>

Column: We don’t deserve dogs, yet they accept and adore us. Then they leave, always far too soon.

July 17, 2020 at 12:15 p.m.

If I had to choose between spending time with one good dog or five good people, I'd pick the dog every day of the week and twice on Sundays. That...

A worker shows a customer a handgun at Maxon Shooter's Supplies and Indoor Range, June 17, 2020 in Des Plaines.

Column: America responds to protests & coronavirus by stocking up on guns – I must protect my Elvis statue!

June 26, 2020 at 10:51 a.m.

Faced with a raging coronavirus pandemic and widespread protests in the wake of the police killing of George Floyd, Americans are doing what they do best: stocking up on guns....

A man is tested at a walk-in and drive-thru coronavirus testing site June 24, 2020, in Miami Beach, Florida.

Column: As coronavirus cases surge, don’t blame Trump. Nobody could have predicted a highly contagious virus would spread!

June 25, 2020 at 10:43 a.m.

The numbers of coronavirus cases in Texas, Florida and Arizona are skyrocketing, driving the national tally of new COVID-19 cases to a near-record level. If only there was some way...

Shoppers wear masks and walk in a directional row past Lyon's Fruit Farm and Greenhouse on the first day of the farmers market held at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Chicago on June 23, 2020.

Column: As Illinois moves to phase 4 of coronavirus reopening, don’t think for a minute we’ve got COVID-19 beat

June 24, 2020 at 1:00 a.m.

Call me a worrier, but I've never understood the aggressive push to "reopen" America in the absence of a COVID-19 vaccine, a reliable treatment and a universal commitment to mask-wearing...

Chicago police Chief of Patrol Fred Waller briefs reporters after a 3-year-old boy was fatally shot while riding in an SUV with his father, near the intersection of North Central Avenue and West Huron Street in the Austin neighborhood on June 20, 2020.

Column: Chicago toddler gunned down, another soon-to-be-forgotten tragedy in city where violence gets ignored

June 22, 2020 at 11:21 a.m.

A 3-year-old boy was shot and killed in Chicago over the weekend. Two hours later, a 13-year-old girl was shot and killed just blocks away. Between Saturday afternoon and Sunday...

Supporters pose for photos June 18, 2020, with a giant Donald Trump flag outside BOK Center, site of the president's first political rally since the start of the coronavirus pandemic.

Column: Trump’s Tulsa coronavirus rally: Deep-fried hydroxychloroquine, a ‘Joyous Festival of Narcissism, Anger and Disease’

June 19, 2020 at 10:08 a.m.

President Donald Trump is getting back to holding rallies, and his first Joyous Festival of Narcissism, Anger and Disease will be Saturday night in Oklahoma, a veritable "WHO's Who" of...

President Donald Trump speaks in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington on Tuesday, June 16, 2020.

Column: With coronavirus cases rising and Trump’s reelection chances falling, it’s clear: The president needs to attack numbers

June 17, 2020 at 1:00 a.m.

As an ardent supporter of (our great) President Donald Trump, I say it's high time he demand formal apologies from his two most notorious and dishonest critics: numbers and words....

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