Thomas J. Dart

The rise in the number of radicalized Americans and an increased propensity to use violence to solve political disagreements demand condemnation of political violence.

Few concepts are more common sense than a bad act requiring an immediate response and, importantly, an immediate consequence. All parents know this. But what happens when there is perpetual...

The first month of 2023 has brought disturbingly familiar news. In California, 31 people were killed and 24 wounded in seven shootings. In North Carolina, four shootings took nine lives...

With violent crime on the rise in Chicago and cities across America, it is critical that lawmakers consider how every piece of legislation crossing their desk will affect public safety....

A great disservice to readers and those on the front lines of this pandemic was done by an op-ed advocating the mass release of detainees that appeared in the Chicago...

The COVID-19 pandemic has brought incalculable grief and encroached on every aspect of our lives. It has exposed inequities, as some populations bear a disproportionate share of the suffering. For...

Over the last several months, a well-intentioned experiment in criminal justice reform has been quietly rolling out in courtrooms across Chicago. While much has been good so far, I am...

It's a formula that has been whittled down to a science. Horrific mass shootings are followed by a day of mourning, attended by passionate calls for commonsense gun laws, countered...