Dan Proft

Gov. J.B. Pritzker signs a sweeping criminal justice and police reform bill on Feb. 22, 2021, at Chicago State University.

Dan Proft: A rehash of the Democrats’ playbook on SAFE-T Act: Discredit, disparage, pivot

October 4, 2022 at 8:54 p.m.

The scramble by Illinois Democrats and especially Gov. J.B. Pritzker to legitimize a law he signed that the majority of law enforcement organizations opposes has been something to behold. Add...

Community members pray during interfaith prayer event June 8, 2016, in Dallas, for the victims of the shooting that killed 5 police officers and wounded 7 others.

How to (really) achieve the ‘important conversation’

May 11, 2019 at 8:29 a.m.

"We need to come together as a community to unify so we can have the important conversation required to begin the healing." Is there anything more vapid than a politician's...

Marques Gaines case is reason to reflect: Are we guilty of ‘bystander effect’?

May 11, 2019 at 8:15 a.m.

What would you have done early on that February morning had you come upon an unconscious Marques Gaines lying facedown on State Street at a busy Chicago intersection? Would you...

Gov. Bruce Rauner is interviewed at the Illinois Executive Mansion in Springfield on Monday, Jan. 11, 2016, about his first full year in office. On Friday, he announced that his administration has asked the Illinois Labor Relations Board to determine whether or not the the state and AFSCME are at an impasse.

AFSCME impasse: Will Rauner show the Political Ruling Class who’s boss?

May 25, 2019 at 6:01 p.m.

A study done last year by the think tank State Budget Solutions found that total compensation for Illinois state employees was on average 27 percent higher than their counterparts in...

Prospect Heights School District 23 teachers and staff walk the picket line during the weeklong strike in September. The school board president says every job opening in the district draws up to 300 applications, so why did the school board cave in?

When teachers threaten a strike, call their bluff

May 11, 2019 at 7:51 a.m.

In 1981, President Ronald Reagan put a marker down for the rule of law when he fired more than 11,000 Federal Aviation Administration air traffic controllers who had walked off...

Former House Speaker Dennis Hastert leaves the Dirksen U.S. Courthouse in Chicago on Oct. 28, 2015, after pleading guilty to one felony count of illegally structuring cash withdrawals to evade bank currency-reporting requirements.

Dennis Hastert and the comatose GOP

May 11, 2019 at 7:43 a.m.

Should we still call him "coach" as well? I mean if we are going to participate in the fiction that the plea agreement between former U.S. House Speaker Dennis Hastert...

A man is distraught as Chicago police investigate the scene of a shooting Tuesday at the 400 block of East 79th Street in Chicago.

The lies about murders in Chicago

May 11, 2019 at 7:01 a.m.

In 2014, it is Demario Bailey. In 2013, it was Hadiya Pendleton. In 2009, it was Fenger High School honor student Derrion Albert. For me, it was Ben Wilson in...

How Bruce Rauner can lead Illinois from ruin

May 11, 2019 at 7:06 a.m.

On Nov. 4, Gov.-elect Bruce Rauner won more than an election. He won the opportunity to change our state's kleptocratic political culture and make Illinois once again a hospitable place...

Don’t kid yourself — 1 hour won’t save world

August 22, 2021 at 3:47 a.m.

Earth Day. Live Earth. And, now, Earth Hour. The latest bright idea from the country that gave us "Crocodile Dundee" is to have everyone across the globe turn off their...

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