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A Lake County sheriff's deputy watches protesters outside the Lake County Courthouse on Sept. 25, 2020, in Waukegan. An extradition hearing was being held inside for Kyle Rittenhouse, of Antioch, who is charged in the fatal shootings of Anthony Huber and Joseph Rosenbaum in August during protests in Kenosha.

Column: The men Rittenhouse shot can’t be called ‘victims’? OK, judge. Maybe you should just call the defendant ‘widdle baby Kyle.’

October 27, 2021 at 10:52 a.m.

The judge in Kyle Rittenhouse's upcoming murder trial has laid out some early ground rules for attorneys, and they make perfect sense, as long as you're a member of one...

Cargo planes are visible behind the Bell Bowl Prairie adjacent to Chicago Rockford International Airport on Oct. 20, 2021, in Winnebago County.

Column: Rockford airport officials have the chance to shock us — by doing the right thing for a prairie

October 25, 2021 at 5:30 p.m.

I'm offering members of the Chicago Rockford International Airport board a chance to make themselves famous. A chance to do something wholly unexpected in this day and age: The right...

Pumpkins at the Lincoln Park Zoo on Oct. 14, 2021.

Column: Climate change might melt Illinois’ pumpkin prowess. Will we address the problem? Don’t be silly.

October 22, 2021 at 1:10 p.m.

Halloween is a time to fear things that don't exist: monsters, ghouls, goblins. Maybe a bit of "critical race theory being taught in elementary schools," if that's your favored fearful...

Chicago police officers line up for roll call in Hermosa Park on Oct. 8, 2018.

Column: Fire the cops who won’t comply with Chicago’s vaccine mandate

October 20, 2021 at 10:16 a.m.

I have a foolproof solution to Chicago's problem with cops who refuse to comply with the city's vaccine mandate: Fire 'em. Fixed! Next problem, please. Oh, sorry, you want a...

Trump supporters participate in a rally Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2021 in Washington, D.C.

Column: We can’t let ongoing election lies become political white noise. A Jan. 6 defendant’s words show why.

October 18, 2021 at 5:25 p.m.

Daniel "D.J." Rodriguez, one of the hundreds charged in the Jan. 6 domestic terrorist attack on the U.S. Capitol, broke down in tears while speaking to FBI agents: "I'm so...

Chicago police officers arrive at the Fraternal Order of Police building on Oct. 13, 2021, before a meeting to address Mayor Lori Lightfoot's policy that officers provide their COVID-19 vaccination status by Friday.

Column: Chicago police who defy city vaccine mandate are taking a bold stand against the scourge of ‘evidence’

October 15, 2021 at 4:24 p.m.

Chicago's police union is pushing its members to defy the city's COVID-19 mandate, and let me tell you, it's refreshing to see law enforcement officers finally take a strong and...

A sign marks Divvy e-bike parking on June 16, 2021, in Chicago's Bucktown neighborhood.

Column: Chicago is about to become an e-scooter paradise. Now if we could just get rid of all those cars …

October 13, 2021 at 4:21 p.m.

I have great news for adults who like looking slightly ridiculous: Chicago may be on the brink of becoming a rentable electric-scooter paradise. An e-scooter ordinance cleared the City Council...

Column: ‘Go back in time and die 5 years ago’ — lovingly curated hate mail to a ‘sanctimonious’ leftist (expletive)

October 12, 2021 at 5:00 a.m.

I recently spent a week with my antifa platoon, passing out copies of U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's new book — "Nefariously Converting America to Full Marxist Communism Through Vaccine Mandates,...

Runners start the Bank of America Chicago Marathon on Columbus Drive in 2019.

Column: I’ll be running the Chicago Marathon — in my mind. Care to join me?

October 8, 2021 at 11:06 a.m.

Greetings, fellow Chicago athletes. I hope you're all as excited as I am to (mentally) run this weekend's Chicago Marathon. I have been training (in my mind) for months and...

Chicago police investigate the scene of a shooting in Chicago's Gold Coast neighborhood on Sept. 17, 2021.

Column: Chicago’s mayor, a prosecutor, 2 aldermen and a rich guy — all useless when it comes to city’s violence

October 6, 2021 at 12:47 p.m.

If I didn't know better, I'd say Mayor Lori Lightfoot's primary violence-prevention plan is to hurl political blather into the city's air and see if it somehow slows the bullets...

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