What to Watch For in the Coming COVID Critique
by Cory Franklin March 22, 2023 COVID is now three years old and like any ill-behaving 3-year-old it can be hard…
The Photograph
by Michael Ledwith March 20, 2023 We would go to San Sebastian, stay at the Hotel Niza, swim in the…
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Two weeks will decide Chicago’s future
By Thom Serafin March 18, 2023 Chicago, it’s time to start voting! Thanks to early voting, Chicago voters begin to…
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Playing Baseball in Japan
by Michael Ledwith March 17, 2023 We lived in Japan from 1956-1959. On a mile square former Japanese Army Post,…
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One Day in East Berlin, 1984
by Robert Thomas March 15, 2023 In 1984 I was alone in East Berlin, in a stare down with three…
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Happy St. Patrick’s Day!
by Mike Houlihan | March 12, 2023 The phone next to Patrick’s couch rang, the red phone. He leaned over…
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What Will it Take to Lose the Blues in Chicago
by Erin Geary March 10, 2023 And now there are two. For those not paying attention, Paul Vallas and Brandon…
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Foxx policies punish police rather than the criminals
By Ray Hanania March 8, 2023 July 2022 was a bad month for law abiding citizens witnessing two teenagers who…
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My Choice of the Ten Best Burt Bacharach Songs
by Cory Franklin March 5, 2023 The songwriter Burt Bacharach died recently and while he was not strictly a rock…
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The Holy Season of Lent: Shedding the Callousness of the Heart
by His Eminence Metropolitan Nathanael of Chicago March 3, 2023 Every morning we ask ourselves, “What should I wear?” The…
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Today is the day Chicago asks itself: “Who Should be mayor?”
by John Kass February 28, 2023 I really shouldn’t be typing this today. I haven’t yet fully recovered from the…
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Crime poses an existential threat to the city of Chicago.
“That’s the issue facing voters Feb. 28.” By Steve Huntley February 26, 2023 Major crime in Chicago is up 104…
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Will Artificial Intelligence Benefit or Destroy Us
By Greg Ganske February 24, 2023 When Maureen Dowd writes a New York Times column on artificial intelligence (A.I.), you…
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“Fixing” the Police
By Garry McCarthy February 22, 2023 “…I’m asking you to be the police. That is what our residents are asking…
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Anatomy of MY Departure
“Vote like your life depends on it, because it does.” by Steve, the Pilot February 19, 2023 Since my fishing…