John T. Shaw: We need Congress to ponder the long term with a new future-focused group
Half a century ago, many lawmakers viewed their responsibilities differently and created a forum to...
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Daniel DePetris: Resumption of war between Houthis and Saudis is bad timing for Donald Trump
The attacks in Saudi Arabia come when Donald Trump is in a standoff over the...
Clarence Page: A botched execution shakes our death penalty presumptions
The botched execution of Christa Pike offers a gross illustration of the cruelty that capital...
Column: With Afghanistan in the rearview mirror, have we learned the lessons of Vietnam this time?
Watching the last American military plane go wheels up and out of the Afghanistan War...
Column: A ‘herculean’ Afghanistan evacuation: Why we should pause to appreciate what our military accomplished
As we approached President Joe Biden's deadline for withdrawing U.S. military forces from a two-decade...
Column: Was Ashli Babbitt a ‘martyr’ or just misled?
Was Ashli Babbitt a "terrorist" or a "freedom fighter?" I'm more accustomed to hearing that...
Column: A letter from a horse: Please stop taking ivermectin to treat COVID-19. That’s our medicine, you ninnies.
Through my numerous sources in the animal kingdom, I received the following letter from a...
Column: News of explosions near Kabul airport brings thoughts of unlearned lessons from previous evacuations
In 1940, a ragtag flotilla of tug boats, fishing vessels, barges, lifeboats, and pleasure craft...
Column: As a corrective to ‘The White Lotus,’ the Mexican film ‘The Chambermaid’ puts the manual labor of a hotel’s housekeeper front and center
"The White Lotus," which wrapped its first season on HBO last week, is a show...
Column: COVID-19 vaccine mandates are coming. The willfully unvaccinated are about to see their world shrink.
I have bad news for the willfully unvaccinated: COVID-19 vaccine mandates are coming, and your...
Column: Donald Trump can’t cram his ‘fake news’ genie back in his bottle
In case you missed it, dear reader, here's a word from the wise: Don't eat...
Column: Keep Amazon lockers out of Chicago parks, Mr. Bezos. Just strap one on me instead.
Rectangular banks of Amazon lockers are sprouting like geometric invasive species in parks across Chicago....
Column: The soured promise of Time’s Up in a world where Hollywood post-#MeToo feels too much like pre-#MeToo
Upon seeing a recent tweet that began with the words "In this post-#MeToo climate ..."...