Preckwinkle’s courageous stance on the soda tax
Sweetened beverage stocks bought before the penny-an-ounce Cook County beverage tax took effect are running low. But it looks like the tax will be repealed before it really makes a...
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A foul tip
It's the bottom of the sixth inning; Houston is leading 4 to 2 in the second game. The family is gathered 'round the front-room television enjoying the Chicago White Sox...
Violence thrives in drug prohibition
This is regarding "Nicole's letter" (Editorial, Feb. 20). I was moved by Nicole Martinez's letter. She wrote that "Gang members and innocent people are killed and injured daily" and that...
New strategies for peace in a digital world
North Korea has the bomb ("N. Korea says it has nukes to deter U.S.; Nation quits disarmament talks," Page 1, Feb. 11). And the timeline for this descent into the...
New thoughts on Social Security’s `Me Accounts’
When I was college age, I thought my parents should not get Social Security because they were financially well off. They didn't need it. Oh sure, for a lifetime my...
More important Iraqi issues than its election
No, the world will not help Iraq, in answer to the Tribune's editorial question on Sept. 20. At least the world will not help Iraq as the Bush administration and...
Drug prohibition is the source of many social ills
Chicagoans really have to hand it to Chicago Police Supt. Philip Cline, U.S. Atty. Patrick Fitzgerald, and federal prosecutor David Hoffman who co-heads Project Safe Neighborhood--murders are down in Chicago...
Small sins
This is what I might have heard at the Chicago Tribune's recent roll call. "All right journalists, lock and load. This is Michael Madigan week. Take down that poster of...
Defense shield
President George W. Bush plans to make the world safe from the bomb by enshrouding parts of the Northern Hemisphere with a doomsday preventer ("Bush commits to missile shield," News,...
QUESTIONABLE NOD
On March 10 the Tribune reluctantly endorsed one of my opponents, a Democratic candidate for judge who is confronted with $370,000 in outstanding federal and state tax liens. The Tribune...