Elizabeth Shackelford: Trump’s abhorrent Russian diesel deal defies US laws and won’t lower gas prices
Donald Trump has illegally undone sanctions efforts against Russia. For all of this, Americans won’t...
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Heidi Stevens: Shane Gillis ‘SNL’ opener misses the mark — and the moment
The most disappointing thing about Shane Gillis’ shopworn, hackneyed, tone-deaf, retrograde, unfunny “Saturday Night Live”...
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...
Column: City Council should let Chicagoans vote on renaming Lake Shore Drive for Jean Baptiste Point DuSable
Anecdotal and other nonscientific evidence is telling me that the move to rename Lake Shore...
Column: Liz Cheney pays a heavy price for telling the truth — but is she just the first?
Sometimes the sacred halls of Congress sound like the raucous corridors of an unruly grade...
Column: A new TrumPoem: The leader of the GOP? It isn’t Liz, it’s me, me, me.
This is the latest in my occasional TrumPoems, based, as always, on the words and...
Column: The virtue signaling of renaming Lake Shore Drive
Chicago has big problems that the political class can't or doesn't want to fix. Chicago...
‘The Underground Railroad’ review: Hypnotic, stunning reimagining of America’s roots
After so much settling these past 14 months, so much time spent with nervous diversion...
Column: To keep up with Ohio, here are some incentives Illinois should offer people who get COVID-19 vaccines
As the staggeringly effective COVID-19 vaccines allow life to open up across America, some states...
Column: Yes, the IRS should compete with TurboTax, H&R Block and other private tax preparation software companies
It's the most FUD-iest time of the year, these days leading up to the tax...
Column: Lovely new program invites kids to make pandemic time capsules to be ‘buried’ for 5 years at iconic Chicago spots
Ten-year-old Mila Berroa may not realize it yet, but she's the hero of her own...
Kids create pandemic-themed time capsules
Kids create pandemic-themed time capsules at Chicago Children's Theatre in the West Loop.
Column: Like the painter Mark Rothko, architect Helmut Jahn was a force of nature
"Architecture is all about going with your gut," Helmut Jahn told ArchDaily in 2018. "I...