Damn the bullets, damn the guns and damn those who pull the triggers
Damn the bullets. Damn the guns they come from. And damn the people pulling the triggers. Candice Dickerson was with two of her three sons at the counter of a...
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What the (BLEEP) just happened? Rex Huppke’s ‘Week In Review’
It's the end of the week and, like most sentient beings, I'm asking the pressing question: What the (BLEEP) just happened? Joe Biden launches presidential bid Former Vice President Joe...
Missing Crystal Lake boy Andrew ‘AJ’ Freund became a child of all of us
Andrew "AJ" Freund, a 5-year-old boy missing from his Crystal Lake home for the past week, became a child of all of us. We worried about him as news of...
Definitely impeach Trump — just don’t call it ‘impeachment’
The only question that matters right now in American politics is this: Based on special counsel Robert Mueller's redacted report, should the Democrat-led U.S. House of Representatives begin impeachment proceedings...
What Just Happened? The Week in Review
It's the end of the week and, like most Americans, I'm asking the pressing question: What just happened? The redacted Mueller report came out I wasn't too familiar with all...
Notre Dame Cathedral, conspiracy theories and Amelia Earhart’s role in the Hindenburg crash
If the roaring fire that ravaged parts of the historic Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris taught the world one thing, it's this: We are living in the Golden Age of...
Trump’s threat of sending immigrants to sanctuary cities isn’t a threat at all
I'm not afraid of migrants. I'm not afraid of people fleeing violence in search of a better life. I'm not afraid of asylum seekers. And I'm certainly not afraid of...
Black hole image inspires an escape from Trump, anti-vaxxers and earthly stupidity
A global team of scientists has released the first image of a supermassive black hole, a circular ink-black void ringed by a fiery orange event horizon. Like most Americans, I...
Questions about how city homeless shelters handle people with disabilities go unanswered
There are some well-documented concerns about whether the city of Chicago’s homeless shelters are properly equipped to accommodate homeless people with disabilities. The Chicago Coalition for the Homeless and Access...
Reflecting on a mother’s mercy and a Ripper Crew murderer’s return
Some humans, it seems, exist to remind the rest of us of our better nature, to demonstrate that, too often, we ignore our capacity for forgiveness, and for love. Maria...