Editorial: Spiraling migrant crisis, not Gaza, needs full City Council attention By The Editorial Board December 19, 2023 at 1:45 p.m. Even as news broke about a 5-year-old boy, Jean Carlos Martinez Rivero, dying at a...
Editorial: Clarence Thomas’ story is cautionary. Even a Supreme Court justice at day’s end is a public servant. By The Editorial Board December 19, 2023 at 5:00 a.m. What do Clarence Thomas and Ed Burke have in common? The question may seem absurd...
Editorial: Here’s how the IRS whistleblower revealed the flaws of the US tax code. He still committed a serious crime. By The Editorial Board December 18, 2023 at 11:08 a.m. At the peak of the pandemic, a series of reports revealed that many of the...
Editorial: America’s university presidents sure need their winter breaks. Let’s hope they’re reevaluating everything. By The Editorial Board December 17, 2023 at 5:00 a.m. American universities are wrapping up their finals weeks and students are returning home for the...
Editorial: Happy holidays? The Fed and bond markets are giving us reasons to be optimistic for the future By The Editorial Board December 17, 2023 at 5:00 a.m. It's been a rough couple of years, economically speaking, as consumers and businesses accustomed to...
Editorial: Commonwealth Edison did not deserve the record-shattering delivery rate hike they wanted By The Editorial Board December 15, 2023 at 5:00 a.m. Commonwealth Edison in recent years has endured a humiliating — and deserved — comeuppance. Its...
Editorial: Be very afraid for Chicago’s stellar selective-enrollment schools By The Editorial Board December 13, 2023 at 4:49 p.m. During his campaign for mayor, Brandon Johnson put out a statement saying that he would...
Editorial: Remember Lionel Messi at Soldier Field? Chicago needs to reestablish itself as a force in international soccer. By The Editorial Board December 13, 2023 at 5:00 a.m. Thousands of Chicago soccer fans were disappointed when the injured Lionel Messi, the Argentinian soccer...
Editorial: ‘We’re sure not Chicago.’ Mayor Brandon Johnson’s rough start earns brickbats from near and far By The Editorial Board December 12, 2023 at 5:00 a.m. "We're not New York. We're not L.A. We're sure not Chicago. We fix our problems."...
Editorial: The opioid epidemic is getting worse. Don’t reward one of the main culprits. By The Editorial Board December 11, 2023 at 5:00 a.m. Shortly before the U.S. Supreme Court considered an amoral deal that would give the notorious...