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One reader’s wish list for 2024

A suburban Chicago reader offers some quirky developments he’d like to see in the new year.

Chicago Sun-Times · Jan 1, 2024

Words matter, but they can be twisted, too, especially when Elise Stefanik is involved

In Republican hands, a congressional hearing on antisemitism is anything but a search for understanding.

Chicago Sun-Times · Dec 15, 2023

Americans aren’t as angry or cynical as many think

There’s plenty going on in the world to worry about, but I can’t agree that it’s rendered all Americans cynical and negative.

Chicago Sun-Times · Dec 2, 2023

Real baseball is back

There are too many other diversions for baseball to reclaim the hold it once had over the public imagination, Gene Lyons writes. But Major League Baseball’s rules changes are a huge success.

Chicago Sun-Times · May 11, 2023

Republicans need to learn this hard lesson: You can’t legislate sexuality

In one state after another, sex-obsessed authoritarians in the party are proposing laws regulating Americans’ private lives. Basically, they’ve lost their minds, Gene Lyons writes.

Chicago Sun-Times · Apr 21, 2023

Don’t chalk up all American political discord to social media

When has the nation not been riven by disinformation?

Chicago Sun-Times · Apr 13, 2023

For cleaner air now, Illinois should use more biodiesel

Waiting, while doing nothing, is a lost opportunity in the fight for cleaner air.

Chicago Sun-Times · Dec 19, 2022

I miss the joys of country living

Mutual suspicion between city and country is literally one of the oldest stories in the world.

Chicago Sun-Times · Dec 2, 2022

Doggone everything but the dogs

Every day is Dog Day around our house. The pets can serve as a social emollient like no other.

Chicago Sun-Times · Sep 2, 2022

The internet is a misinformation superhighway

Politically speaking, the internet is pretty much a disaster. One writer suspects that unhinged, unregulated social media are partly responsible for a retreat from democratic values — more tribalism, more violent rhetoric and less respect for law — pretty much around the world.

Chicago Sun-Times · Aug 6, 2022