William Choslovsky

Cars mistakenly drive and park on a block of the Dickens Greenway bike path that is closed to vehicle traffic at Stockton Avenue in Lincoln Park on Jan. 7, 2024.

William Choslovsky: Lincoln Park’s Dickens Greenway is a typical Chicago solution in search of a problem

January 18, 2024 at 11:00 a.m.

Yes, crime, migrants, schools and taxes are all big issues. But two seemingly small things in my neighborhood perhaps better reflect much that is wrong with our city and what...

Op-ed: CPS might as well hand over the reins to CTU

June 2, 2021 at 9:44 p.m.

Chicago Public Schools and the Chicago Teachers Union are achieving equity by diminishing well-performing schools, not by lifting underperforming schools. Consider our local grammar school, Oscar Mayer Magnet, which has...

How to raid deep pockets — the Chicago way

May 31, 2019 at 9:15 p.m.

Michael LaPorta and Patrick Kelly were childhood friends. Then they were college roommates. And then drinking buddies. Kelly became a Chicago cop. Then, on Jan. 12, 2010, after the friends...

Early morning Light hits the U.S. Capitol building on June 6, 2017, in Washington, D.C.

We the people have a democracy to celebrate

May 11, 2019 at 9:08 a.m.

When it comes to our democracy, the best insight I ever received was not from a book or lecture. Rather, it came from a merchant I was haggling with over...

Students go to and from the Richard J. Daley Library on campus at the University of Illinois at Chicago Thursday, Nov. 10, 2016, in Chicago.

Anti-Semitic fliers at UIC evoke old Nazi tactic

May 11, 2019 at 8:57 a.m.

Let me be clear at the outset: I am loath to make Holocaust comparisons. Comparing daily life events — even hateful ones — to the Holocaust runs the risk of...

Then-President-elect Donald Trump and President Barack Obama arrive for Trump's inauguration ceremony at the Capitol in Washington on Jan. 20, 2017.

Trump and Obama: 2 sides of the same coin

May 11, 2019 at 8:54 a.m.

For all those aghast at President Donald Trump's executive orders on immigration, why are they not equally aghast at his role model? Barack Obama. Yes, that Barack Obama. How soon...

Move the U.S. embassy to Jerusalem — but only if you want peace in the Middle East

June 2, 2019 at 10:09 p.m.

Former Secretary of State John Kerry said moving our Israeli embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem will cause "an absolute explosion in the region." Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas claimed doing...

A marijuana joint is rolled Wednesday, Nov. 9, 2016, in San Francisco. Prop 64 legalizing marijuana for recreational use passed in California in November 2016.

Is our Constitution going to pot?

May 11, 2019 at 8:46 a.m.

Imagine this: Upon taking his oath of office, President Donald Trump instructs his new attorney general, Jeff Sessions, to ignore civil rights laws. How would that go over? Before you...

Our relationship with cops is not one of equals. Nor should it be.

May 11, 2019 at 8:39 a.m.

Reading about the Chicago cop fearful of drawing her gun while being beaten by a convicted felon because she did not want to be judged on national news reminds me...

The NL Central champion Cubs, including Jake Arrieta, wave to fans in the stands before taking on the Brewers at Wrigley Field on Sept. 16, 2016.

Why so quiet, Cubs fans? You’re winning!

May 11, 2019 at 8:37 a.m.

To say the Cubs are having a record season is an understatement. Nobody on this planet has ever seen the Cubs win more games. True, if you are 106 years...

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