Rex W. Huppke – Page 24

Joseph Fons holds a Pride Flag as he stands in front of the U.S. Supreme Court building after the court ruled LGBTQ people cannot be disciplined or fired based on their sexual orientation June 15, 2020.

Column: Supreme Court’s LGBT discrimination ruling is much-needed good news in 2020’s dark days

June 16, 2020 at 1:00 a.m.

Just when it seemed the year 2020 had fully embraced an "All Bad News, All The Time" format, the U.S. Supreme Court let some light break through our dark days....

U.S. Rep. Bobby Rush's campaign office at 5401 S. Wentworth Ave. on June 11, 2020.

Column: ‘Defund the police’ is what you get when police don’t police themselves

June 12, 2020 at 5:58 p.m.

I don't think police officers should be plunked down in the looted South Side office of a U.S. congressman, making coffee and munching microwaved popcorn, while nearby businesses are being...

President Donald Trump hosts a roundtable discussion with law enforcement officials on police and community relations at the White House on Monday, June 8, 2020.

Column: The truth about antifa’s secret senior soldiers. Trump is on to us, so I’m spilling the beans.

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

The truth about antifa is coming out. (If you're unsure what antifa is, or if you're not afraid of antifa, please go watch Fox News for a few hours and...

Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden pauses as he speaks to members of the clergy and community leaders at Bethel AME Church in Wilmington, Delaware, on June 1, 2020.

Column: Biden’s response to the George Floyd protests isn’t presidential. He should be tweeting more insults!

June 9, 2020 at 10:52 a.m.

As an astute observer of present-day presidential politics, I'm baffled by the way presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden is behaving. The most immediate example, of course, is that he...

A protester carries a U.S. flag upside down near a burning building on Friday, May 28, 2020, in Minneapolis.

Column: Minneapolis riots, George Floyd, Trump’s vile tweet and Chicago violence: White America refuses to look racism in the eye

May 29, 2020 at 5:57 p.m.

We'll see the video of George Floyd being killed over and over again. Each time, anyone with a shred of humanity will recoil watching a black man, handcuffed and face...

Former Vice President Joe Biden and his wife, Jill Biden greet onlookers on Memorial Day at a veterans memorial in Wilmington, Delaware, on May 25, 2020.

Column: Joe Biden says real leaders wear coronavirus masks. Or is it a Deep State plot to hide my handsomeness?

May 27, 2020 at 10:15 a.m.

Get this, fellow American men with handsome American faces. Former Vice President Joe Biden says wearing a mask in public to slow the spread of the coronavirus is a sign...

Column: Trump should pull GOP convention from North Carolina, put in on cruise ships off the coast of Mar-a-Lago

May 26, 2020 at 1:00 a.m.

The Republican National Convention, a humbly massive celebration of the awesomeness of President Donald Trump, is scheduled for August in North Carolina, but it may have to relocate. "Why?" you...

First cousins Emmy Galante, left, and Mia Cavalier hang out with fellow cousins.

Column: Nine cousins, all high school seniors, find what matters in a pandemic: family

May 22, 2020 at 11:46 a.m.

Anna McBride is a New Trier High School senior, part of what you might call the Coronavirus Class, a demographic born in the wake of 9/11 and reaching its first...

President Donald Trump said on Monday that he has been taking Hydroxychloroquine to protect against against COVID-19.

Column: Trump’s coronavirus response has been brilliant. Here’s what you don’t understand.

July 17, 2020 at 11:54 a.m.

It seems some Americans are confused about President Donald Trump's extremely strong and very powerful national response to the coronavirus pandemic. That confusion is understandable, as many Americans are not...

Column: With apple pies and meals for doctors and nurses, Chicagoan is one example of light in the darkness

May 18, 2020 at 11:08 a.m.

It began, as all good things should, with an apple pie. Apple pies take work. They require thought. They're a labor of love. As the coronavirus knocked the world off-kilter...

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