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Abner Mikva, a former Democratic U.S. Representative, federal judge and White House counsel, at his condominium in Chicago on November 25, 2008.

Climate change and Abner Mikva documentaries this week on WTTW offer a couple of hours to think before Election Day

October 26, 2020 at 11:57 a.m.

Last week's final presidential debate featured too little discussion of what many believe to be the most pressing problem of our times and the greatest threat to our future: Climate...

Linda Yu helps wipe away tears from the cheek of ABC 7 Chicago anchor/reporter Joel Daly on his last newscast from the anchor desk after a 38-year run in Chicago broadcasting.

Joel Daly, longtime ABC 7 news anchor, is dead at 86

October 22, 2020 at 2:51 p.m.

Fame rested so lightly on the shoulders of television newsman Joel Daly that one afternoon some years ago, when he was sitting on the Randolph Street steps of the Chicago...

Comedian Tom Dreesen, born in suburban Harvey, visits the restaurant Gibsons on Rush Street in Chicago in 2019, sitting under a photo of himself with Frank Sinatra.

Column: Catching up with the life and times (and COVID battle) of comic Tom Dreesen, who has written a memoir ‘Still Standing’

October 19, 2020 at 12:37 p.m.

Of the comic Tom Dreesen, David Letterman once told me, "I cannot say enough good things about the guy and his comedy. He is one of my oldest friends and...

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Climate change and Abner Mikva documentaries this week on WTTW offer a couple of hours to think before Election Day

Joel Daly, longtime ABC 7 news anchor, is dead at 86

Column: Catching up with the life and times (and COVID battle) of comic Tom Dreesen, who has written a memoir ‘Still Standing’

Column: Few complaints with the ‘Chicago 7’ movie, but it was all different when I was there

Column: Did Mike Royko make the greatest ribs Chicago has ever known? No. But he did make the greatest Ribfest.

Is free speech dead? Chicago’s Ellis Cose takes a clear-eyed look at that question in his new book

‘Drawing Fire’: Bill Mauldin put a human (and often amusing) face on war

The legend — and myths — of the Great Chicago Fire continue to smolder. An episode of ‘Chicago Stories’ offers more.

Column: Beverly Art Walk this year becomes the do-it-yourself Alt Walk, and in some ways is better than ever

Column: With his latest book, ‘How Life Imitates Sports,’ Ira Berkow shows he’s long been a keen observer of both