Columns
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Helping Chicago veterans through better focus on brain injury researchDec 29, 2025 4:00 am - Chicago is an emerging center for advancing treatments for traumatic brain injuries among U.S. service members, a condition so prevalent that it is considered the signatu...
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On will and energy: A project intended to instill productive conversationsDec 25, 2025 4:00 am - The end-of-the-year holidays are a time for celebration and reflection. And also a time for contemplation and renewal. With that in mind our editorial board has prepared ...
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Christmas 1944: A momentous battleDec 24, 2025 4:00 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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On ignoring (erasing) Native American historyDec 22, 2025 4:00 am - Guest columnist Tom Montgomery Fate: This month marks the 135th anniversary of an iconic event in American history: the massacre at Wounded Knee Creek on the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota.
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Criminality, ineptitude and the question that won’t go awayDec 19, 2025 4:00 am - Guest columnist Ralph Martire: A question for die-hard President Trump supporters, what keeps you on board? Is it his criminal behavior or inept policies?
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Requiem for a newsroom ‘Renaissance man’Dec 18, 2025 4:00 am - Since long before Bat Masterson put the Wild West behind him and traded in his six shooters for a job as a sports columnist at the New York Times, newspapers have had a r...
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When federal agents strike, who — and what — protects us?Dec 18, 2025 4:00 am - Guest columnist Robert Held: If Gov. Pritzker and mayors in Illinois are committed to protecting constitutional rights, they should issue immediate directives for their police to intervene if they witness federal agents deploying tear gas, pepper spray, or other riot control weapons against unarmed civilians.
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As students adopt AI, critical thinking matters more than everDec 15, 2025 4:00 am - Guest columnist Kelly Torres: The question isn’t whether my students will use AI, it’s whether I can teach them the critical thinking skills they will need to work with it effectively.
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Why it’s important to stop and honor sacred datesDec 07, 2025 4:00 am - Columnist Jim Slusher: Today marks a sacred date in American history. It is not the only one. Why do we take pains to, in some fashion, acknowledge it in the public press every year?
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A columnist and the balance between seeing the world and changing itDec 04, 2025 4:00 am - In most newspapers, the news, entertainment, sports and features pages are where you get to see and understand what is going on in the world. The opinion page is where yo...