Barbara Brotman
Triathlon deaths demonstrate danger of open-water swimming - August 15, 2011 - Several years ago, I went for a swim in Lake Michigan along the downtown ledge. But after about 15 minutes, I began to feel funny. I was dizzy, my heart was racing and I couldn't catch my breath.
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Steve Chapman
Why Obama looks so bad - August 14, 2011 - Barack Obama came into office aspiring to bridge the chasm between liberals and conservatives, red states and blue states, and the gulf is gone. People in each camp heartily agree that as a president, he's a disappointment and a flop. Both sides even compare him to Jimmy Carter.
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Steve Johnson
'Idol' tour puts Haley Reinhart, others in best light - August 8, 2011 - Harry Reinhart was not invited onstage to play with daughter Haley as the American Idols Live tour made its surprisingly successful way to Rosemont Saturday night.
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John Kass
Tea party will survive only if it challenges Republican dogma - August 14, 2011 - Can the tea party movement survive the Republican candidates and the campaign for president?
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Mary Schmich
Gone too soon, but here forever - August 14, 2011 - The name on the park plaque made me do a double-take, or, more precisely, the dates did.
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Dawn Turner Trice
Stand-up troupe uses comedy to explore cultural differences - August 15, 2011 - A black man, an Irish man, a Latino, a Middle Easterner and a lesbian walk into a bar …
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Eric Zorn
In praise of the lost art of practice - August 14, 2011 - I was lacing up my shoes in the empty suburban gym one recent Saturday morning when my cellphone rang. It was my wife: The guys who'd invited me to play in their weekly basketball game had called to cancel, and I'd missed the message on my way out the door. Too many regulars were on vacation.
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Dennis Byrne
The truth hurts: Bleak indicators - August 2, 2011 - The fierce debate over raising the federal borrowing limit has had at least one happy result: The public's newly found awareness that Washington must borrow 40 cents for every dollar it spends.
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Meghan Daum
Being authentic requires work - August 12, 2011 - Want to be authentic? Good luck! These days it takes deliberate effort, focus, even a long-term commitment to change. This might sound surprising to those of you who associate authenticity with just being yourself, but misconceptions about authenticity abound, not least among them the idea that it...
Jonah Goldberg
Riot rationalization misses the mark - August 12, 2011 - Riots are fascinating things. How lawless greed, cruelty and violence suddenly set fire to the minds of men is one of the most mysterious, almost magical (though not in the positive sense) manifestations of human behavior.
Charles Krauthammer
System works despite Democrats' complaints - August 15, 2011 - WASHINGTON — Of all the endlessly repeated conventional wisdom in today's Washington, the most lazy, stupid and ubiquitous is that our politics is broken. On the contrary. Our political system is working well (I make no such claims for our economy), indeed, precisely as designed —...
Kathleen Parker
Depends on your definition of weird - August 11, 2011 - — Just what is the meaning of weird?
George Will
Who will bat against 'Alibi' Obama? - July 8, 2011 - "If he popped up in the pinch he should of made a base hit and the reason he didn't was so-and-so. And if he cracked one for three bases he ought to had a home run, only the ball wasn't lively, or the wind brought it back, or he tripped on a lump o' dirt, roundin' first base."