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Mon, December 4, 2023 | 12:37

Chicago's haze from wildfire smoke underscores the need for better forest management

As Canadian wildfire smoke blanketed Chicago on Tuesday and Wednesday, the Windy City earned the unwelcome distinction of having the “worst air quality of any major city in the world,” according to federal Air Quality Index readings. Authorities issued warnings instructing residents to stay indoors if possible or don masks if they had to be outside. As Chicagoans looked out t...

2023-07-04 16:00

Move to keep 'obscene' books from children

Artists painted faces and created balloon animals. A food truck sold tacos. Kids ambled past bookshelves until something piqued their interest, then stopped to read. Families lined up for live performances.

2023-07-03 16:10

Re-affirmative Action - now more than ever

On Wednesday in the nation's capital, officials at all levels were busily working on official papers that would have a lot to do with Jaylin Osborne's hopes and dreams for a bright future in college and beyond.

2023-07-02 16:35

Blinken's role in US-China relations

When Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken went to Beijing last week to try to repair the frayed relationship between the United States and China, both sides kept expectations low.

2023-06-29 16:00

Wagner Group's coup attempt may be over, but it shows a real crack in Putin's power

Like many people, I was glued to the news for much of Saturday, watching what seemed, at least for a moment, to be the first stages of a coup d'etat - and it still might be. The only thing we know for certain is that if this is the beginning of the end of Vladimir Putin's rule, that story won't begin with the mutinous mercenary warlord Yevgeny Prigozhin leading an armored col...

2023-06-29 15:40

The Wagner mutiny leaves Putin a naked emperor

The mutiny by caterer Yevgeny Prigozhin's Wagner mercenary army ended on Saturday before it really began. Prigozhin apparently has been persuaded to desist by Alexander Lukashenko, the dictator of Belarus, who agreed to let him move to his country, presumably with part of his fighting force. But his escapade's consequences have only begun to resound in Moscow and on the battl...

2023-06-28 16:00

Abraham Lincoln's thoughts on a 'house divided' speak to our current national discord

“A house divided against itself cannot stand.” So said Abraham Lincoln in his “House Divided” speech, given 165 years. Many describe contemporary America in the same terms. We're a house divided against itself and in danger of collapse. We see dire prognostics about America's future due to an array of differences - religious, racial and economic, to name a few. Assessing the ...

2023-06-27 16:00

Biden can't just slip a new Iran deal past Congress

If it looks like a deal, and smells like a deal, then Congress has the power to reject it. That is the message lawmakers are sending the White House as administration officials try to strike a new bargain with Iran over its nuclear program. President Joe Biden should pay heed, or risk making the same mistakes as his two predecessors - and doom any agreement to failure.

2023-06-26 16:00

Fear not AI, fear certain people

It's 2036, tens of thousands of artificially intelligent machines around the world, capable of generating their own power and with neural networks instantly linked by trillions of connections, decide to unleash poisons and diseases to destroy the intellectually inferior human pest. Far-fetched?

2023-06-25 16:00

Before Donald Trump's indictment, there was Nixon VP Spiro Agnew's plea in 1973

The news has been full of concerns about the fate of our republic following the indictment of former President Donald Trump. There have been questions about the politicization of criminal laws and the credibility of the judiciary, the polarization of the electorate and threats of violent domestic reaction.

2023-06-22 17:00

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