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Whole Foods and Chicago Partner to Fight Poverty Oct. 12, 2016
I have always been a great fan of the idea of "enterprise zones," originally introduced by the late ... Read More
Trump, Who Needed to Be an 11, Was Barely a 4 Sep. 28, 2016
Donald Trump knows how to work a Republican room. Give him that. Give him a gym packed full of yahoo... Read More
Coaster Wagon Was a Smooth Ride May. 27, 2016
Q: What can you tell me about this child's wagon? We think it has been in our family since the 1920s... Read More
American Workers Matter: A Chicago Wake and Wake-Up Call Apr. 13, 2016
Circle this date on your calendar: April 22. I'll be in Chicago that day attending what may be a ver... Read More
Knocking Smokeless Tobacco Out of the Ballpark Mar. 27, 2016
Fans do not attend Major League Baseball games to enhance their physical health. Among their customa... Read More
Last Weekend Was 1968 All Over Again Mar. 17, 2016
Washington — I have been an attentive observer of political protests for many moons. You might... Read More
Trump Foes Should Stay off His Stage Mar. 15, 2016
It's not easy to turn Donald Trump into an object of sympathy, but the hotheads disrupting his ralli... Read More
Brownshirts & Republican Wimps Mar. 15, 2016
Friday evening's Donald Trump rally in Chicago was broken up by a foul-mouthed mob that infiltrated ... Read More
Is Rising Violence a 'Ferguson Effect'? Jan. 31, 2016
Chicago, never an island of tranquility, has been roiled by a surge in serious violence. Last year, ... Read More
Rahm, I Tried to Warn You Jan. 07, 2016
WASHINGTON — Chicago has always struck me as one of the most affluent cities in the world. Gro... Read More
Chicago Needs More Tasing Jan. 03, 2016
Progress is often hard to measure, but in the coming year in Chicago, there will be one revealing in... Read More
Racist Silence Binds Chicago and Israel in Killing of Teenagers Dec. 03, 2015
There are many similarities in the killing of Black teenagers by police on American streets, and the... Read More
Report From ECom Chicago Oct. 20, 2015
I just got back from speaking at this year's eCom Chicago conference for online retailers. A little ... Read More
What Is to Be Done? Oct. 08, 2015
WASHINGTON — Regarding last week's mass murder in Oregon, what is there to say that is new? Th... Read More
Anatomy of a Failed Liberal State Sep. 15, 2015
When I grew up in the north suburbs of Chicago in the 1960s and '70s, Illinois was still a financial... Read More
The Next Front in the War on Religious Freedom Aug. 28, 2015
Stop bellyaching about Washington. All the country's best fascists are on your local city council. N... Read More
Why Poor People Stay Poor Jun. 11, 2015
In the 1970s, crime was soaring, and American policymakers had all sorts of ideas for how to reduce ... Read More
Is the Press Broken? Nov. 19, 2014
Today is the day I was not going to disappoint @RonSupportsYou, who, as his nom de Twitter implies, ... Read More
Fall Is a Great Time to Savor Chicago Aug. 31, 2014
By Robert Selwitz Mild temperatures make early fall a great time to visit Chicago. Strolling the str... Read More
The Upright and Locked Position Aug. 31, 2014
On Aug. 24, United Airlines diverted a Newark-to-Denver flight to Chicago's O'Hare International Air... Read More
