Columns
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All right, let’s talk about the weather ... and how we cover itJan 11, 2024 9:04 am - “Ah, the weather,” a famous saying begins. “Everyone always talks about it but no one ever does anything about it.” Of course, the humor in that remark lies in the fact t...
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2024 transportation predictions: Blustery skies over O’Hare redo and peering down a transit cliffJan 02, 2024 10:25 am - The train has left the 2023 station loaded with major stories, from a controversial CP railway merger to a transit funding crisis. So what’s next in 2024, you ask? In a t...
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In WW II, brutal Christmas Battle of the Bulge was pivotalDec 25, 2023 12:00 am - Christmas includes the anniversary of the Battle of the Bulge, the largest land battle fought by the United States. The battle was hell on earth. On Dec. 16, 1944, Nazi G...
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Words, wormholes and obstacles to productive discussionDec 21, 2023 4:15 am - Something one of our columnists wrote this week set me on the path for this week’s column, one of those cases where you have vague ideas floating like blurry birds in the...
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The growing need for voters to watch out for malicious AIDec 18, 2023 10:08 am - We knew this was going to happen. Indeed, has been happening for a while now, but this was more egregious. A senior Trump campaign aide posted on X a video showing NBC N...
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Reading is fundamental; critical reading even more soDec 18, 2023 10:07 am - By Jim Slusher We published a letter a few weeks ago from someone taking issue with an editorial we had published in support of a new Illinois law that requires the ...
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Fixing ‘Tier II’ issue can be both costly and an opportunityDec 18, 2023 10:06 am - The General Fund budget Gov. Pritzker inherited from his immediate predecessor Bruce Rauner could charitably be described as a “hot mess.” It was running an operating def...
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