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Why I won't stop watching CBS News after this week's '60 Minutes' fiasco
Word of the year? No. 'Slop' is an impotent cry of denial
Just stop it! Feuding Chicago Democrats are hurling the T-word at one another
Trump finally gets his 'peace prize' and the world collapses in laughter
Farewell to a local journalism giant
The Trump regime broke the Law of War —Republicans need to be sure there are consequences
Thankful this week that I still have my mother's letters
Do you believe in Miracle Miles?
Wait, what? Trump doesn't know anything about a guy he just pardoned?
Catching up with Rolando Cruz 30 years after his exoneration
Sorry, Donald, but, no, Ronald Reagan would not have approved of your tariffs
Yes, we want 'the worst of the worst' deported, but not traffic scofflaws
Stand up against ICE, but stand back
No Nobel for our ignoble POTUS
Don't deport until you see the whites of their knuckles
What to say and what do to about the ominous federal incursion in Chicago?
A fake video to promote a bogus argument
What's Trump's long game in sending troops to the Loop?
Mayor Johnson's unfortunate — and telling? — effort to echo MLK
Does ABC stand for 'Always Be Conceding'?
The right hates cancel culture!
Z-mail: When chippy exchanges on the Kirk assassination go too far
The time to contextualize the fatal shooting of Charlie Kirk is ... not now
Donald Trump as Lt. Col. Kilgore from 'Apocalypse Now.' Yes, that tracks
What personal details should journalists use? Which should they ignore?
Trump is playing the culture-war oldies
Why Trump might back down from putting troops on Chicago streets
When Trump goes low, Gavin Newsom goes lower, and it's delightful!
Trump declares yet another emergency, but don't break the glass yet — there are bigger ones to come
Less is s'more: Are the famed campfire treats gross or what?
Trib layoffs are bad news for the city
Hunter and Jessie and Jussie! Oh my!
Colbert is getting bounced, but he'll bounce back
Which are your favorite streaming TV shows? A reader poll
Would it be best to dump the expression 'do better'?
Are Blago and Junior in the prison-to-Congress pipeline?
Legalize consumer fireworks in Illinois: A Krazy idea?
You gonna still tip 20% if the tipped minimum wage rises to the prevailing minimum wage?
Pritzker's reelection bid is a smart move no matter what his other aspirations might be
Did Trump use his fortnight fetish as a decoy against Iran?
AI video technology is getting scarier by the day
Fixed it for you: Madigan sentenced to 6.3 years in prison
Advice to protesters: Keep calm and carry signs
Do you like your TV seasons all at once, or with episodes doled out one a week?
Gary Deeb's death is another reminder of the paucity of media criticism in Chicago
Books worth re-reading this summer
Jussie Smollett just can't stop lying!
Yes, Biden was loopy. But Trump is loopier
Da joke! No one should be taking credit for the most viral of the Chicago Pope jokes
A moment of silence for Michael Miner
George Ryan's death recalls the Willis family tragedy
JB Pritzker gave 'em hell in New Hampshire
Defying Blago, I say 'never!' to his 'never say never' hint that he might run for the U.S. Senate
What part of ‘and justice for all’ does the Trump administration not understand?
Yes, let's get to the bottom of the Dexter Reed killing in a proper trial
This issue is so good you will not even [blank] it
'Stupid Don' smartly retreats in the tariff wars
I seem to have protested Saturday for free!
Don't fool around, Wisconsin voters!
Update on the visual jokes poll
No more editorials at the Sun-Times
Dark days at 'The Bright One' as the Sun-Times sheds 20% of its staff
The madness continues! Take your mind off the real news with both of our jokes tournaments
It's madness, I tell you, madness!
What has changed since 'The Day That Everything Changed' five years ago today?
How's that 'Makey Greaty' thing working out for ya'?
Zmail: A reader explains why DEI has so many people in a snit
Trump's 'Gulf of America' nonsense has become a test for journalism
Is this the scariest shit Trump has said yet?
If Trump pardoning Blago helps put 4,982 miles between us and that sleazebag, I'm all for it!
Trump's cloven hoof finally pops all the way out
Zorn: Here's how Trump could serve a third term
Leave law abiding immigrants alone!
The time is ripe to curb presidential pardon powers by amending the Constitution
I was put here by God to assemble today's Picayune Plus
Why I can't bear to watch MSNBC these days
Why I can't bear to watch MSNBC these days
Zorn: Readers and I offer our best guesses about what will happen in 2025