Commentary: These people were so much more than ‘OK, boomer’
This year has been an annus horribilis, including 275,000 COVID-19 deaths to date. Many newsmakers from the past have died as well, some from COVID, some not. Most of those...
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Commentary: ‘Kindergarten Cop’ got yanked from a drive-in film schedule. Can ‘Naked Gun’ be safe?
Could police shows and movies be the new pornography of the 21st century? If the Northwest Film Center's Cinema Unbound Drive-In Theater in Portland, Oregon, is any indication, yes. They...
Commentary: Eddie Haskell was totally misunderstood
Television actor Ken Osmond died May 18, and if the name is not familiar, the memorable character he created probably is. On television's "Leave It to Beaver," he portrayed Eddie...
Commentary: Illinois can safely start to reopen, if we follow these measures
Three early lessons from the COVID-19 epidemic: Tight lockdown is workable as a short-term strategy but loses effectiveness and brings unintended consequences over time. The idea that society cannot resume...
Commentary: Overwhelmed by the COVID-19 data? Here are 8 rules for understanding the numbers.
During the coronavirus epidemic, it's easy to become overwhelmed by data — confirmed cases, deaths per million, case-fatality rates, etc. They are imprecise numbers that are often misquoted or quoted...
Commentary: As we flatten the curve, a new pandemic role for the McCormick Place field hospital?
We are well into the first phase of the COVID-19 pandemic, with the stunning number of cases and deaths still rising, albeit at a slower pace than weeks ago. Our...
Commentary: A region-specific strategy could slow the coronavirus and protect the U.S. economy
Sometime within the next few weeks, the federal government will have to make arguably the most far-reaching policy decision since World War II. The strategy of social isolation to mitigate...
Commentary: Doctors’ advice: What we can do now to slow the coronavirus
As Chicago and other communities across the U.S. and around the world put drastic measures in place to control the coronavirus pandemic, many questions have arisen about what else we...
Flashback: Illinois woman’s search for revolution ended in death in the notorious Weathermen bombing
Fifty years ago this month, three members of the Weathermen, once among the country's most notorious radical organizations, were killed when a bomb they planned to detonate at a dance...
Commentary: Spring training’s here! Pitchers, catchers, sign-stealers, play ball!
"Cheating is baseball's oldest profession. No other game is so rich in skulduggery, so suited to it or so proud of it," longtime Washington Post sportswriter Thomas Boswell once wrote....