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- Columns & Opinion, On Politics Jan 6, 2021
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Lori and her lawyers
Mayor Lightfoot hires an investigator to tell her what she already knows about the Anjanette Young raid.
- Columns & Opinion, On Politics Dec 9, 2020
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To trust or not to trust . . .
Teachers, parents, and students have to decide if CPS can keep COVID-19 out of the classroom.
- Columns & Opinion, On Politics Dec 2, 2020
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Some things never change
Aldermen can vote to fire city workers but they better not vote against a TIF.
- Columns & Opinion, On Politics Nov 25, 2020
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Nice or nasty
Michael Joseph Madigan can play it either way.
- Columns & Opinion, On Politics Nov 18, 2020
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Real Chicago
The scariest thing about our city is how our political system works.
- Columns & Opinion, On Politics Sep 16, 2020
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Under Barr’s thumb
Trump could teach Madigan and Burke a thing or two about corruption.
- Columns & Opinion, On Politics Sep 9, 2020
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Savior stories
Let’s end the myth that Mayors Daley and Rahm saved Chicago Public Schools.
- Columns & Opinion, On Politics Aug 25, 2020
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The caste party
Trump and Rahm play to white fears of Black people.
- Columns & Opinion, On Politics Aug 11, 2020
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Unwelcome news
The unfairness in Chicago’s TIF program continues.
- Columns & Opinion, On Politics Jun 30, 2020
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Cops in schools
For years the schools of Chicago have been pawns in the mayor’s budget games.
- Columns & Opinion, On Politics Jun 2, 2020
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Thank you, Sarah Cooper
At times like this, it sort of helps to bash Donald Trump.
- Columns & Opinion, On Politics May 12, 2020
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Bob Dylan’s ode to Chicago
The new Michael Reese TIF plan tries to undo the damage of the old one.
- Columns & Opinion, On Politics Mar 24, 2020
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Good news week
Look on the bright side, Chicago: Burke, Lipinski, and Conway lost!
- Columns & Opinion, On Politics Mar 4, 2020
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Panic peddlers
Centrist Dems are using the 1972 election to scare voters away from Bernie.
- Columns & Opinion, On Politics Feb 12, 2020
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Chicago’s three-card monte
Mayor Lightfoot’s TIF “reform” does not tell you how much the scam costs.
- Columns & Opinion, On Politics Jan 29, 2020
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Myth buster
Contrary to what Hillary said about Bernie, you don’t have to be liked to get stuff done.
- Columns & Opinion, On Transportation Jan 14, 2020
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The Manhattan project
NYC sped up buses by limiting cars’ access. Let’s do that in Chicago.
- Columns & Opinion, On Politics Jan 9, 2020
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Explaining the inexplicable
How to talk to children about legal weed, Donald Trump, and endless Middle Eastern wars
- Columns & Opinion, On Politics Dec 18, 2019
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Looking on the bright side
As the teens turn to the twenties, it’s a struggle to find a little cheer in the gloom.
- Columns & Opinion, On Transportation Dec 17, 2019
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Making a transfer
2019 was a year of new beginnings in Chicago, and transportation was no exception.
- Columns & Opinion, On Politics Nov 5, 2019
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The first step
Thank you, Chicago teachers, for forcing the powers that be to take a small step toward doing the right thing.
- Columns & Opinion, On Politics Oct 30, 2019
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The good old TIF mayonnaise jar
To settle the teachers’ strike Mayor Lightfoot should scrape some more “mayonnaise” from the TIF slush fund.
- Columns & Opinion, On Politics Oct 22, 2019
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Feast to famine
Just last year Chicago had billions for Amazon but now it’s suddenly too broke for schoolkids.
- Columns & Opinion, On Politics Sep 19, 2019
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The Rahm advice
Hey, Dems: If you want to beat Trump, don’t listen to Rahm.
- Columns & Opinion, On Politics Aug 28, 2019
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Lori’s Gettysburg Address
Look for the mayor to blame the budget deficit on Rahm but not Lincoln Yards.