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This image from CCTV video released by Saudi Arabia's Media Ministry shows passengers taking cover as flames and smoke fill part of King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, during what authorities described as a strike at the airport on Oct. 10, 2026. (Saudi Media Ministry via AP)

Daniel DePetris: Resumption of war between Houthis and Saudis is bad timing for Donald Trump

By Daniel DePetris

October 12, 2026 at 1:27 p.m.

The attacks in Saudi Arabia come when Donald Trump is in a standoff over the...

Attorneys for Christa Pike hold a news conference after a judge ruled the Tennessee Department of Corrections must preserve all evidence related to the failed execution of Pike, on Oct. 7, 2026, in Nashville, Tennessee. (George Walker IV/AP)

Clarence Page: A botched execution shakes our death penalty presumptions

By Clarence Page

October 12, 2026 at 5:00 a.m.

The botched execution of Christa Pike offers a gross illustration of the cruelty that capital...

Chicago school board president candidates Jessica Biggs, Hilario Dominguez and Victor Henderson participate in a forum at the Copernicus Center on Sept. 29, 2026. (Chris Sweda/baiduhai)

David Greising: The race for Chicago school board president is about ideas — and character

By David Greising

October 10, 2026 at 10:01 a.m.

It will take savvy strategic thinking, backed by the character needed for leadership, to make...

Activists rally for voting rights and DC statehood as they block traffic on Pennsylvania Avenue SE on Dec. 7, 2021 in Washington, D.C. ShutDownDC and other activist groups staged a multi-site blockade around the U.S. Capitol to demand congressional action on climate, immigration, racial justice, healthcare and childcare, voting rights and statehood for DC, and more.

Column: Predictions for 2022: Unvaccinated form afterlife Super PAC, American democracy gets canceled

By Rex W. Huppke

December 29, 2021 at 7:00 a.m.

Hello, beloved humans, and welcome to the seventh-annual edition of Rex Huppke's Guaranteed-Accurate-Never-Wrong-Grade-A-New Year's Predictions,...

People take photos at Cape Town's St. Georges Cathedral, where a Wall of Remembrance for South African anti-apartheid icon Archbishop Desmond Tutu has been set up, on Dec. 28, 2021.

Column: We have a lot to learn from Archbishop Tutu. Even from his mistakes.

By Clarence Page

December 29, 2021 at 3:29 p.m.

As tributes poured in from world leaders for Archbishop Desmond Tutu after the Nobel Peace...

Dolly Parton performs at the 2021 Kiss Breast Cancer Goodbye benefit concert at the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum on Oct. 24, 2021, in Nashville, Tennessee.

Column: There were many dubious achievements in 2021. Here are my awards.

By Clarence Page

December 24, 2021 at 5:00 a.m.

What a year for dubious achievements. It started off with a few thousand sore-loser Donald...

Santa Claus waves to the crowd during the Magnificent Mile Lights Festival parade on Michigan Avenue in 2018.

Column: Doubt creeps into little minds at Christmas: Is Santa real? This columnist answers with a resounding yes.

By Rex W. Huppke

December 22, 2021 at 5:00 a.m.

And so it comes one December day, a word no parent wants to hear: Doubt....

Hundreds of protesters violently breached the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021.

Column: New Pentagon mission: Ban extremism, but not free speech.

By Clarence Page

December 21, 2021 at 6:54 p.m.

When I heard that the Pentagon had updated its rules of conduct to root out...

Insult-A-Columnist Holiday Food Drive Sweepstakes Official Rules

By baiduhai

December 20, 2021 at 11:06 a.m.

INSULT-A-COLUMNIST HOLIDAY FOOD DRIVE SWEEPSTAKES OFFICIAL RULES NO PURCHASE OR DONATION OF ANY KIND IS...

Salvador Gonzalez loads boxes of food for a vehicle pickup at a food pantry set up at New Life Centers in Chicago on Dec. 14, 2021.

Column: Little Village group works with Greater Chicago Food Depository to feed thousands each week

By Rex W. Huppke

December 20, 2021 at 1:17 p.m.

From the roof of a two-story building in Little Village you can see cars stretch...

"A Visit from St. Nicholas," the classic Christmas poem.

Column: Again, I wish you a happy pandemic ‘Blursday’

By Clarence Page

December 17, 2021 at 4:57 p.m.

With apologies to Clement Clark Moore, may he rest in eternal peace, I offer an...

Column: A plea for hope at the end of a year that tried awfully hard to squash it

By Heidi Stevens

June 7, 2024 at 11:51 a.m.

I don't know how I expected 2021 to end. But it wasn't like this. A...

New Life Centers helps to feed those in need

By Contributed Content

December 17, 2021 at 12:18 p.m.

The Greater Chicago Food Depository partnered with New Life Centers in Little Village, and now...

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