Some stories are timeless . . . like the letter an 8-year-old girl wrote 120 years ago to the editor of the New York Sun.
Every year, at this season, the Butler Eagl...
To listen to the Democrats, the American middle class will be lucky to survive the Republican tax bill.
House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi calls the bill “monumental, br...
What I most dislike about the Trump/Republican tax plan is the shameless cynicism with which it has been peddled. Recall how it works: The government borrows $1.5 trilli...
“The intellectual cannot operate
at room temperature.”
— Eric Hoffer “First Things, Last Things” (1971)
Eric Hoffer (1902-1983) meant that intellectuals in his day ...
In the days since the Merriam-Webster dictionary named “feminism” the word of the year, I haven’t been sure whether to celebrate, or scream.
It’s great to see that the w...
Dear aliens,
You may have been amused by a recent news story (you do read The Tribune and its competitors, right?) about the latest chapter in America’s long, futile, se...
Republicans have tried, on and off, to open the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge for oil drilling since the 1980s. The effort has always engendered intense opposition and...
For years, Iran has been accurately labeled as the world’s largest state sponsor of terrorism. Now, quietly with little notice beyond the region, the militant regime in ...
You’ve probably read plenty about what’s in the tax bill that House and Senate Republicans agreed to last week: A big cut in corporate taxes. Generous tax cuts for the w...
It seems elected officials in Illinois could use a recurring public service announcement. Don’t buy expensive shellfish or Coach purses or lap dances with a taxpayer-fun...
