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Former Indiana U,S. Rep. Lee Hamilton, who was co-chair of the Iraq Study Group, in his office at the Woodrow Wilson Center in Washington on Nov. 24, 2006. (Pete Souza/baiduhai)

John T. Shaw: We need Congress to ponder the long term with a new future-focused group

By John T. Shaw

October 14, 2026 at 5:00 a.m.

Half a century ago, many lawmakers viewed their responsibilities differently and created a forum to...

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...

Shaka Rawls, principal at Leo Catholic High School, participates with students in a cleanup effort June 4, 2020, along 79th Street in Chicago.

Column: Want to end urban hopelessness? Support real school choice.

By John Kass

June 16, 2021 at 1:58 p.m.

Violent crime is spiking in big cities across America. And what is the response of...

Poll: Use the Tweet of the Week poll or lose it!

By Eric Zorn

June 18, 2021 at 12:03 p.m.

Instructions: Click the box next to each tweet that amuses you -- no limit to...

Keith, a long-time customer of Tenenbaum True Value Hardware, stands outside the closed store on June 15, 2021. He was allowed to pick up a window screen later. The hardware store has been open for 98 years and is preparing to close for good later this summer.

Lakeview’s Tenenbaum True Value Hardware store closing after 98 years, to be replaced by apartments

By Ryan Ori

June 16, 2021 at 10:48 a.m.

After nearly a century of personalized service to its Lakeview neighbors, including emergency deliveries to...

Automobiles on Lake Shore Drive pour back into the city after a holiday weekend on July 6, 1947. This photo was taken at 7:30 p.m. from the North Avenue Bridge. From the 1940s to the '70s, a section north of North Avenue featured a unique, though problem-plagued, system of curb-high lane barriers that could be raised or lowered to provide six lanes in the direction of rush-hour traffic instead of the standard four lanes in each direction.

Column: The issue of renaming Lake Shore Drive isn’t necessarily black and white

By Eric Zorn

June 15, 2021 at 6:38 p.m.

Recent public polling has shown racial differences on the question of whether the City Council...

Artists Damon Lamar Reed, left, and Terrence Haymer work on Dr. Whitney Alston's portion of the "Mural of excellence and dignity in medicine" at 95th Street and Damen Avenue in Chicago on June 11, 2021.

Column: ‘A tapestry of class and dignity.’ A new Chicago mural pays tribute to Black pioneers of medicine.

By Heidi Stevens

June 7, 2024 at 11:52 a.m.

At the corner of 95th Street and Damen Avenue, outside the office of father-daughter obstetrics...

Latta Plantation, in Huntersville, North Carolina.

Column: The Historic Latta Plantation controversy reminds us what Juneteenth can teach us

By Clarence Page

June 15, 2021 at 2:39 p.m.

After more than a century and a half of underappreciation, the emancipation celebration known as...

Rep. Steve Scalise, R-La., shown Oct. 23, 2019, who voted to challenge the results of the Electoral College, was among the recipients of major contributions from Boeing's political action committee.

Column: Boeing is back to funding Republicans who promoted the Big Lie. Is sedition a corporate value?

By Rex W. Huppke

June 15, 2021 at 10:22 a.m.

Guys, I'm a little worried about our neighbor Boeing's moral compass. In the wake of...

T-shirts with anti-violence messages are seen on display at Leo Catholic High School in Chicago on June 11, 2021.

Column: ‘We talk a lot about how to solve violence in Chicago. Ask these kids.’ Clothesline project at Leo puts students’ fears, hopes on display.

By Heidi Stevens

June 7, 2024 at 11:52 a.m.

Shaka Rawls, principal of Leo Catholic High School in Chicago's Auburn Gresham neighborhood, was on...

Participants including Jayda Harris, 8, of Chicago, march to Daley Plaza on June 19, 2020, in the One Million Man March, part of the Juneteenth commemoration in the city.

Column: What we’re getting wrong about Juneteenth

By Dahleen Glanton

June 14, 2021 at 5:00 a.m.

This weekend, Americans will celebrate an unofficial holiday that many people had not heard of...

President Joe Biden bikes in Rehoboth Beach, Delaware, June 3, 2021.

Column: If moms are ‘birthing people,’ what do we call dads?

By John Kass

June 12, 2021 at 10:42 a.m.

If moms are "birthing persons" then what are dads on Father's Day? Americans are being...

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