Articles filed under Commentary
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Corporate-tax component stymies bill that would help businessesSep 17, 2021 1:00 am - The $3.5 trillion budget proposal moving through Congress would do much to strengthen America's safety net. For instance, it would make child care more affordable for lo...
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Gavin's lucky daySep 17, 2021 1:00 am - He survived! Not exactly a triumph, when you come right down to it. The bluest state in the nation, facing the "sage from South Central," stays white. Larry Elder and I ...
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Diary notes: Washington puts a dark past to restSep 16, 2021 1:00 am - Washington starts a new season, after Sept. 11 remembrances. Congress returns from summer recess. In the Capitol press gallery, you hear a bubbly chatter as if we're goi...
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'Prior authorization' requirements disrupting patient careSep 16, 2021 1:00 am - For the last 30 years, I've dedicated my life to caring for patients in my community in the western suburbs of Chicago. I've known most of my patients for decades. We're...
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Don't make Bears fans pay for another corporate welfare schemeSep 15, 2021 1:00 am - The Chicago Bears have played at Soldier Field since 1971. With their June bid to purchase Arlington Park - the 326-acre horse track in Arlington Heights - it seems they...
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The feminization of America: What will it look like?Sep 15, 2021 1:00 am - Are we witnessing the feminization of America? And if so, is that a good or bad thing, or is it, like so many quiet but ineluctable trends, a combination of the two? Per...
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Pace should be focusing attention on building fleet of electric busesSep 14, 2021 1:00 am - The Chicago suburban area is fortunate to have the Pace bus system, ranked as the 17th largest fixed-route transit fleet in the U.S. with 733 fixed-route buses, to provi...
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Americans can feel some pride about our reaction to terrorSep 11, 2021 1:00 am - The 20th anniversary of the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, on the World Trade Center twin towers in New York City, the Pentagon in Washington, D.C., and in the ski...
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Terror attacks were just part of our true 'longest war'Sep 11, 2021 1:00 am - When the last U.S. forces lifted off from Kabul Airport, it was said that America's longest war had come to an end. It had not. The 9/11 attacks on America raised the an...
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'That's when I broke down and cried ... that's when it all sank in'Sep 11, 2021 1:00 am - Not many memories from 20 years ago are as vivid in my mind as the drive into work on that fateful Tuesday morning of Sept. 11. On most morning commutes, I'd be listenin...