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: From the Great Fire to modernist houses to Jeanne Gang, a rich array of design books for the holidays
Chicago isn't just an architectural capital because of its great buildings. It's a vital forum...
Column: Seth Arkin turned his friends’ artwork and hobbies into customized coronavirus masks. He died after being hospitalized with COVID-19.
Seth Arkin was a voracious world traveler, a faithful Cubs fan, a devoted patron of...
Column: The kids are like ‘casualties of war’ in the Chicago Teachers Union’s power play to keep schools closed
There's never been a better argument for national school choice — and freeing low-income children...
Column: Chief Justice John Roberts, please do America a favor and make Donald Trump go away
Only one person has the power to stop Donald Trump's dangerous quest to get the...
Column: Chicago launches Together We Heal initiative, aimed at healing racial wounds. ‘This has got to be something we make space for, as an entire city.’
When civil rights attorney Candace Moore became the city of Chicago's first chief equity officer...
Column: Oregon makes the case for decriminalizing hard drugs
In the aftermath of the November election, public attention focused on the sudden termination of...
Column: Crybaby Trump has gone ‘coup-coup’ and GOP nods along. Call it what it is: Crazy, stupid and dangerous.
I realize I'm just a simple newspaper columnist, but it seems having a lame-duck U.S....
Column: Thanks for the memories, ‘One Day at a Time.’ You helped my daughter and me get through lockdown.
"One Day at a Time," the practically perfect TV series that reprised Norman Lear's 1975...
Column: Oh the virus outside is frightful, but the Wi-Fi’s so delightful. Holiday lyrics with a COVID spin.
Humor is a time-honored antidote to fear and sadness, so many people are finding comfort...
Column: William Barr, vilified by all sides, did his job
Attorney General William Barr, vilified witlessly and unreasonably for years by the left — and...