Edward Keegan: Is the minimalist fieldhouse in Chicago’s Cragin Park architecture or just a building??
The Cragin Park Fieldhouse expresses a clear architectural character with its exposed steel structure. I...
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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...
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”...
Column: To those who can’t be with us
This column is about all the people we miss at Christmas. It first appeared in...
Column: When Hollywood came to my Ohio hometown (the book was better)
Among other momentous events, I'll remember 2020 as the year when, decades after leaving my...
Column: The ‘Dreamers’ are still waiting for their nightmare to end
In 2001, two U.S. senators introduced the DREAM Act, to let immigrants brought here without...
Column: Readers and I actually did OK predicting the news of the unexpectedly awful 2020
In late December for more than a decade, I've asked readers to join me in...
Column: Tonight is the night of new hope for the world
For all children who should be loved always, but especially tonight, with our arms around...
Column: Santa Claus is real: A columnist’s case for St. Nick
Let us, on the eve of Christmas, consider Santa Claus. Let us consider happiness. And...
Column: In some neighborhoods, Santa is a volunteer kids see every day
Santa isn't always a jolly old man in a red velvet suit. He doesn't land...
Column: How America shaped Christmas, and how Christmas shapes us
With its gaudy displays, rampant excess, celebratory spirit and high price tag, Christmas is a...
Column: Chicagoans of the Year in architecture: The team that helped revive old Cook County Hospital
The rebirth of old Cook County Hospital, which once had a near-death experience, would have...
Column: An election-denying Trump reads ‘The Night Before Christmas’
My sources deep within the Deep State were kind enough to pass along a transcript...