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Why I can't bear to watch MSNBC these days
& Jimmy Carter reused Ziploc bags. That wasn't weird, was it?
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Why I can't bear to watch MSNBC these days
& Jimmy Carter reused Ziploc bags. That wasn't weird, was it?
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No need for speed
I've changed my mind and now favor dropping Chicago's default limit to 25 mph
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Zorn: Readers and I offer our best guesses about what will happen in 2025
and a lengthy update on the misadventures of Chicago's maladroit mayor
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Zorn: When will they ever learn at the Washington Post?
Spiking cartoons and editorials not only amplifies them, it also sheds an unflattering light on the publication
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December 2024

Predictions: How'd we do a year ago and what do we see for 2025?
Plus the Top 40 quips (formerly tweets) of the year
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Zorn: A lump of coal for Joe Biden
He hung on too long and his death penalty commutation was weak
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Zorn: Trump has become the schoolyard bully in chief
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Zorn: Shame on ABC for surrendering to Trump's flimsy lawsuit
The network appears to be trying purchase Trump's favor. It's troubling
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Zorn: Sorry, but outsiders don't get to tell us our mayor and governor suck
Border-czar designee chooses an unorthodox rhetorical gambit to open negotiations with Mayor Johnson and Gov. Pritzker
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Zorn: Here's why babies born in the U.S. should automatically become citizens
The courts and common sense tell us it's the right way to interpret the Constitution
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Zorn: I can't believe it's not human!
A strikingly thoughtful essay about AI by AI offers a glimpse into the future
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