Whether you think Donald Trump or Joe Biden deserves the credit for pushing Israel and Hamas into a ceasefire deal is largely a sideshow to the main event. As the Tribune Editorial Board astutely observed last week, the most important thing is the substance — 15 months after the war in Gaza started, the parties were finally able to come to terms. On Friday, the Israeli security … [Read more...] about Daniel DePetris: Let’s not overreact to Gaza ceasefire
Editorial: Chicago should aim for ‘World’s Tallest,’ not ‘World’s Tallest Teardown’
This time of year, we often overlook the buildings that envelop us in the Loop as we trudge to work, shoulders bent against cruel winds and bitter cold. But we walk among giants, and that includes 311 S. Wacker Drive, the 65-story postmodern skyscraper that occupies the greater part of an entire block of prime real estate just across the street from Willis Tower. This … [Read more...] about Editorial: Chicago should aim for ‘World’s Tallest,’ not ‘World’s Tallest Teardown’
Editorial: Mayor Brandon Johnson’s massive new debt plan must get intense City Council scrutiny
On the face of it, the Johnson administration’s plan to float up to $830 million in general-obligation bonds, unveiled just a day after Chicago’s first credit-rating downgrade in a decade, seems extraordinarily imprudent. On closer inspection, the move isn’t as bizarre as it appears. But aldermen, whose approval is needed before the city tests the bond markets following the … [Read more...] about Editorial: Mayor Brandon Johnson’s massive new debt plan must get intense City Council scrutiny
Man banned from Chicago Park District jobs after scandal now working for alderman
Despite a ban from Park District work after he was asked to resign from a top post there for his involvement in the agency’s sexual abuse lifeguard scandal, a longtime government employee has again found a job with a Chicago alderman. A November 2021 investigation cited Alonzo Williams, then the Park District’s chief programs officer, and other district executives for … [Read more...] about Man banned from Chicago Park District jobs after scandal now working for alderman
Today in History: First US case of COVID-19 confirmed
Today is Tuesday, Jan. 21, the 21st day of 2025. There are 344 days left in the year. Today in history: On Jan. 21, 2020, the U.S. reported its first known case of the 2019 novel coronavirus circulating in China, saying a Washington state resident who had returned the previous week from the outbreak’s epicenter was hospitalized near Seattle. Also on this date: In 1793, during … [Read more...] about Today in History: First US case of COVID-19 confirmed