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More lies in the epilogue to the Jussie Smollett story

Zorn: More lies in the epilogue to the Jussie Smollett story

Old man shakes his fist at the cloud taxes

Zorn: Readers offer more post-election analysis

Zorn: No, Trump did not win a 'mandate'

Zorn: Wednesday morning quarterbacking

Zorn: Nothing mattered, did it?

Zorn: Election Day Picayune Plus

Zorn: Inspiration and exhortations as democracy itself races toward the cliff

Zorn: OK, so how does one take revenge on cowardly billionaires?

Zorn: Trump's former four-star generals are using the f-word — fascist — to describe him

Zorn: I too had a low-paying restaurant job

Zorn: The stakes are low, but the political tactics are even lower

Zorn: Does Donald Trump have three virtues?

Zorn: Which side are you on in the Chicago school board elections?

Zorn: Highlights from Mayor Brandon Johnson's chippy news conference

Zorn: You'll never believe what Trump said!

Zorn: Parking app offers customer service heroics

Zorn: The certain kind of show that is Chicago Public Schools these days

Zorn: 62 years with Betsy's guitar

Zorn: Brandon Johnson and his terrible, horrible, no good very bad days

Zorn: The return on investment for ShotSpotter

Zorn: Everybody* knows Harris whipped Trump Tuesday night

Zorn: The perfect wedding poem on a perfect evening

Zorn: The paradox of concealed carry

Zorn: Readers weigh in on Amy Jacobson

Zorn: Dan Proft dances the mock-arena and his sidekick pays the price

Zorn: Chicago convention made the grade

Zorn: Grading the Democratic National Convention at the halfway point

Zorn: DNC protesters lost the expectations game

Zorn: Conventional wisdom

Zorn: Bonus WordWheel ticklers

Zorn: Wall to wall Walz

Zorn: Play the veepstakes guessing game

Zorn: Rabbit Rabbit! I can't believe it's August already

Zorn: Sofa so good for the rollout of the Harris campaign

Zorn: A deep dive into the ShotSpotter controversy

Zorn: Good people on both sides?

Zorn: Give Biden the hook

Zorn: Political violence is always bad

Zorn: Who's right in the Biden fight?

Zorn: Joe won't go. Ruh-roh!

In which I identify the real Democratic bedwetters

What everybody now knows about Joe Biden

Presumed heartless

High times

Lots of good news lately about the economy and crime

The clash over 'lash'

Podcasters explore the kindling that set off the Oak Park Library dumpster fire

Zorn: Don't say 'thug' and don't worry about being electrocuted by battery-powered boats

Zorn: Into a dead week in sports came a bitter national debate about race and gender in sports

Zorn: Remorseless, low-class roughing up of Caitlin Clark makes for a cloudy Sky

Zorn: Chicago's Democratic convention will now amount to a pep rally after the game is over

Back to work after your three-day weekend, Human Scum!

Trump has the absolute right to remain silent

Napping with friends over lunch? Wut?

Mayor Brandon Johnson, a work in progress

Readers: Even Trump has a right to due process

Justice delayed stands to be justice denied

Readers take issue with my sunny view of campus protesters

Perishing the thought

Clearing the record on 'forever open, clear and free'

Say 'no' to the Bears grand plans for a do-over ...

Recall elections in Illinois? No thanks!

Blocking the way to O'Hare is no way to win hearts and minds

Why the 'seat belt violation' question is important

Four questions about 96 shots

One shining moment! The winners of Tweet Madness 2024

WBEZ/Sun-Times CEO accepts a 19% raise, then cuts 15% of his unionized staff

The election was (not) rigged!

The PS calls it: O'Neill Burke defeats Harris!

What next for Bring Chicago Home?

The many layers of the Jayden Perkins tragedy

Your guesses about the results of Tuesday's voting are (probably) as good as mine

Teachers union crosses the line between pedagogy and politics

Tribune prints naughty words, and I'm there for it

If it's March, it's time for the Tweet Madness tournament

Get a move on, judges!

WBEZ should be expanding local on-air talk programming, not cutting it back

IVF ruling stands to expose the extremists and hypocrites in the 'pro-life' movement

The certain kind of show that is Mayor Johnson's communications strategy

How to fix Wordle

The Adam Toledo tragedy is no reason to abandon ShotSpotter

My 'senior' moment

Broken news: The Tribune's epic failure to cover the strike by its own newsroom

In-boxing match

Support Tribune journalists: Don't cross the click-it line on Thursday

Picayune Plus: Shelter evictions delayed, to no one's surprise

The splat rat's days appear to be numbered

Sidewalk shoveling as a city service is a fine idea, but not yet fully baked

Should we pardon the interruption of protesters?

What good is your fancy college degree?

The Chicago City Council's reach exceeds its grasp

Picayune Plus: Bringing the victory home

Predictions for 2024, yours and mine

The newsletter of virtues