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Taliban prisoners peer through a prison door after an attack in the city of Jalalabad, east of Kabul, Afghanistan, on Aug. 3, 2020.

Column: Obama’s memoir highlights his Afghanistan failure

November 25, 2020 at 3:40 p.m.

Shortly before becoming vice president, Joe Biden traveled to Afghanistan in his role as chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. When he returned, he had a succinct assessment of...

Detainees wait for court appearances in a holding cell at Cook County Jail in 2019.

Column: Did bail reform cause spike in Chicago violence? New research says no.

November 20, 2020 at 3:58 p.m.

The book of Ecclesiastes advises that the Almighty sends rain to fall on both the just and the unjust. American incarceration policy follows the same pattern. We've always locked up...

Eric Trump addresses supporters at a rally on Oct. 29, 2020, in Lansing, Michigan.

Column: The COVID-19 pandemic is spawning false claims about freedom

November 18, 2020 at 5:07 p.m.

In the minds of many Americans, the coronavirus pandemic creates a huge danger to constitutional rights and personal freedom. These unhappy souls regard stay-at-home orders, business closures and even mask...

Column: Trump’s crazy Electoral College scheme is doomed

November 14, 2020 at 5:52 p.m.

The Republican Party has lost in the popular vote for president in seven of the last eight elections, and that dismal record has some Republicans doing some serious rethinking. Not...

Presumptive President-elect Joe Biden speaks to the media about the Trump administration's lawsuit to overturn the Affordable Care Act on Nov. 10 in Wilmington, Delaware. Biden also answered questions about the transition process.

Column: Joe Biden won’t foster a cult of personality — and that’s good for democracy

November 11, 2020 at 4:45 p.m.

When he first ran for president, Barack Obama evoked fervent loyalty and extravagant dreams in many people. As the first Black president, with a rare gift for oratory, he was...

Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden arrives to speak one day after America voted in the presidential election, on Nov. 4, 2020, in Wilmington, Delaware.

Column: The huge challenge awaiting President-elect Joe Biden

November 7, 2020 at 11:41 a.m.

When Barack Obama was elected president in 2008, The Onion, a satirical newspaper, had this headline: "Black man given nation's worst job." Joe Biden, whose election victory came Saturday after...

Election Commission workers at the central count facility where mail-in and absentee ballots are sorted and counted, on Election Day in Milwaukee on Nov. 3, 2020.

Column: Our long national nightmare is not over

November 4, 2020 at 1:04 p.m.

This looks to be the election that meant everything and resolved nothing. Donald Trump defied the polls to come close to winning — and could yet win. Joe Biden may...

Supporters of Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden arrive for an election night rally Nov. 3, 2020, outside the Chase Center in Wilmington, Delaware.

Column: A vote for unity? Not a chance

November 3, 2020 at 11:03 p.m.

There were three plausible outcomes in the presidential race: a narrow Joe Biden win, a narrow Donald Trump win, and a Biden landslide. All we know tonight is that the...

Scabby the Rat, shown outside a building in the 100 block of West Washington Street on Aug. 7, 2019.

Column: Who’s afraid of Scabby the Rat?

October 30, 2020 at 12:58 p.m.

The federal Endangered Species Act protects a wide array of threatened creatures. But it doesn't apply to Scabby the Rat, which soon will become extinct if the Republican-controlled National Labor...

Republican candidate for U.S. Senate Mark Curran is prepped before a televised forum at the WTTW studio in Chicago on March 3, 2020.

Column: Religion, politics and Mark Curran

October 28, 2020 at 3:49 p.m.

There may a rational, evidence-based case for allowing all high school sports to be played during the coronavirus pandemic. But that is not what you can expect from Mark Curran,...

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