Column: What the (BLEEP) just happened? Rex Huppke’s ‘Week in Review’
Well, I was off for a couple of weeks, and boy, are my week-in-reviewing muscles out of shape. Don't worry, I stretched properly before looking back at this week and...
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Column: A plan to end gun violence: Sean Hannity’s militias guard schools and gun-toting Ivanka Trump tackles Chicago
Despairing over another outbreak of people saying mean things about guns, I tuned into Fox News to hear people say nice things about guns and reaffirm the obvious fact that...
Column: After weekend of massacres, America needs to look in the mirror and be horrified
Good morning, America. Look in the mirror. Stare hard. Think about what you're seeing. You see the bodies, don't you? The bodies from the weekend. Thirty-one of them, bullet holes...
Column: Guided meditation vs. a columnist’s broken brain
I've been told I should start meditating. At first, I took that as a personal affront and calmly responded: "AM I NOT ZEN ENOUGH FOR YOU??, GOOD LORD, HOW (EXPLETIVE)...
Column: This one’s for you, dear readers. From your favorite ‘gutless wimp.’
This column is special. It's special because it's written for you out there, the people looking down at a smartphone screen or sipping coffee with the newspaper spread out before...
Column: What the (BLEEP) just happened? Rex Huppke’s ‘Week in Review’
After a week of hearing white people clumsily trying to explain why something that was definitely racist wasn't actually racist, I'm on the ropes and only have breath to utter...
Column: There’s no difference between supporting a racist and being one
Donald Trump stood there Wednesday night behind a lectern, silent, as a crowd of Americans at his rally erupted in a chant directed at a Somali-born Muslim congresswoman from Minnesota:...
Column: Humboldt Park Lagoon gator delivers a final letter: ‘Dear jerks …’
As a native Floridian, I have a deep connection to alligators. That explains why, when the now-famous alligator in Humboldt Park Lagoon first surfaced, it was I who received an...
Column: As America traumatizes migrant children, a Chicago safe-haven needs help
The little girl is 8 now. She lights a room with her smile. She breaks into dance for no apparent reason, as 8-year-olds should. She asks questions, and listens intently....
Column: What the (BLEEP) just happened? Rex Huppke’s ‘Week in Review’
It's the end of another week, and I'm exhausted from defending democracy with my Truth Cannon. I feel dizzy, perplexed, and I'm once again asking: What the (BLEEP) just happened?...