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The new Cragin Park Fieldhouse stands Oct. 15, 2026, in Chicago’s Belmont Cragin neighborhood. (Brian Cassella/baiduhai)

Edward Keegan: Is the minimalist fieldhouse in Chicago’s Cragin Park architecture or just a building??

By Edward Keegan

October 18, 2026 at 5:00 a.m.

The Cragin Park Fieldhouse expresses a clear architectural character with its exposed steel structure. I...

A young woman reacts as she looks at her damaged home after Russia's night missile attack in Kyiv, Ukraine, on Oct. 14, 2026. (Efrem Lukatsky/AP)

Elizabeth Shackelford: Trump’s abhorrent Russian diesel deal defies US laws and won’t lower gas prices

By Elizabeth Shackelford

October 16, 2026 at 5:00 a.m.

Donald Trump has illegally undone sanctions efforts against Russia. For all of this, Americans won’t...

Saturday Night Live Host Shane Gillis during the monologue on Saturday, Oct. 10, 2026. (Will Heath/NBC/TNS)

Heidi Stevens: Shane Gillis ‘SNL’ opener misses the mark — and the moment

By Heidi Stevens

October 16, 2026 at 4:00 a.m.

The most disappointing thing about Shane Gillis’ shopworn, hackneyed, tone-deaf, retrograde, unfunny “Saturday Night Live”...

The White House stands behind security fencing partially covered by protest signs on Nov. 4, 2020, in Washington, the morning after Election Day.

Column: Tight Biden-Trump election shows the cult of Trump is strong, and America isn’t the place many think it is

By Rex W. Huppke

November 4, 2020 at 4:10 p.m.

In the days before the election, I wrote two columns. The first warned that Trumpism...

Supporters of President Donald Trump wave a flag during an election watch party Nov. 3, 2020, in Chandler, Arizona.

Column: Trumpism will shape the next four years, no matter who the president is

By Eric Zorn

November 4, 2020 at 3:22 p.m.

I admit I pinned my preelection hopes on not just a defeat of President Donald...

Election Commission workers at the central count facility where mail-in and absentee ballots are sorted and counted, on Election Day in Milwaukee on Nov. 3, 2020.

Column: Our long national nightmare is not over

By Steve Chapman

November 4, 2020 at 1:04 p.m.

This looks to be the election that meant everything and resolved nothing. Donald Trump defied...

Column: Dick Durbin’s victory could lead to a promotion

By Clarence Page

November 3, 2020 at 11:21 p.m.

In a victory that was only slightly more hard-won than it was expected to be,...

Supporters of Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden arrive for an election night rally Nov. 3, 2020, outside the Chase Center in Wilmington, Delaware.

Column: A vote for unity? Not a chance

By Steve Chapman

November 3, 2020 at 11:03 p.m.

There were three plausible outcomes in the presidential race: a narrow Joe Biden win, a...

Column: Even if Trump loses, Trumpism has been vindicated

By Eric Zorn

November 3, 2020 at 10:53 p.m.

At this writing, nearly 11 p.m. on election night, only one thing is clear: Hopes...

Workers install a protective fence around the Apple Store on North Michigan Avenue on Nov. 3, 2020, on Election Day in Chicago.

Column: No matter what happens, America will not return to ‘normalcy’

By John Kass

November 4, 2020 at 8:26 a.m.

The lawyers sink their teeth into what remains of the election between President Donald Trump...

Sir Mix-A-Lot had his biggest hit with "Baby Got Back," the song of the summer of 1992.

I like big lists of tweets, and I cannot lie — a huge poll for a huge week

By Eric Zorn

November 6, 2020 at 1:18 p.m.

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

Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah, at a campaign rally for President Donald Trump at Phoenix Goodyear Airport, Oct. 28, 2020, in Goodyear, Arizona.

Column: Are we a ‘democracy’ or a ‘republic’? How about both?

By Clarence Page

November 3, 2020 at 1:29 p.m.

Are we a "republic" or a "democracy?" Every time I think this question — a...

It's that time of year. Here are some gift ideas to jumpstart your shopping.

Column: Dreaming of holiday gifts for the person who just wants 2020 to be over. A time machine would be nice.

By Rex W. Huppke

November 3, 2020 at 9:27 a.m.

The key question this holiday gift-giving season is simple: What do you get for the...

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