2+ day, 20+ hour ago   (1617+ words) You’ll probably recognize much of the Chicago newspaper history recounted here. Some of you might feel you could write your own version of this piece. Every day of my childhood started with a Chicago Tribune on the kitchen table. It…...

6+ day, 20+ hour ago   (544+ words) The older I get I can’t help but finding comparisons with people in history and even in contemporary life and family lineage. I do it with sports figures. For example, White Sox second baseman Chase Meidroth reminds me of Nellie…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (1059+ words) By Paul Vallas September 2nd, 2026 A report issued by Chicago’s Inspector General confirmed that $639.7 million was spent on the city’s migrant response between 2022 and 2024, addressing the influx of nearly 50,000 individuals—mostly from Venezuela—who arrived from the southern border [1]. According to…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (412+ words) Years ago when I first began covering Chicago politics–first for The Daily Calumet (America’s oldest community newspaper)– we had a wild dog problem in the South Chicago neighborhood. The Cal had offices at 91st and Baltimore. From the corner window…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (974+ words) Children are curious and easily frightened. They want explanations for everything scary. For instance — “Does thunder mean God is angry? That big growling bear I saw on TV — is it going to find me and eat me? And I heard…...

3+ week, 1+ day ago   (751+ words) What presents itself as a struggle for equity and inclusion is, in fact, a modern-day Trojan Horse—an inviting vessel through which radical ideologies infiltrate Western discourse, weaken democratic institutions, and revive authoritarian ambitions. The most striking act of moral…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago   (434+ words) The next sentence he wrote that day was, “Having said that, somewhere the virus jumped from animals to humans.” This was an assertion that may or may not be true – most, but not all, human respiratory viruses do jump from…...