Staff columns
Barbara Brotman
Some people don't bundle up — and they have their reasons - January 6, 2014 - We are drawn to unravel the mysteries of the universe.
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Steve Chapman
Christie's 'Bridgegate' underscores the perils of power - January 12, 2014 - Chris Christie's bridge scandal reflects badly on him and on entrusting power to the government.
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Jon Hilkevitch
Smartphones the way to go, transit experts say - January 6, 2014 - CTA bus and train riders still coming to grips with Ventra could be paying fares in the not-too-distant future using smartphones and other mobile devices, at least those that can "tap" to transfer information, the transit agency has told Getting Around.
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Blair Kamin
Frank Lloyd Wright home to open balcony in March for tours - January 3, 2014 - The balcony above Frank Lloyd Wright's Oak Park studio will be included in public tours for the first time in 40 years, the Chicago-based non-profit group that operates Wright's Home and Studio will announce Friday.
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John Kass
Clean hitting put the Big Hurt in Hall of Fame - January 12, 2014 - The house was quiet, the kids were out, and Betty and I were alone, like in the old days, watching the White Sox on TV.
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Clarence Page
Is the GOP waging 'war' against poverty or the poor? - January 12, 2014 - Are the Republicans waging 'war' against poverty or the poor? Some of the ideas that Republican presidential hopefuls offer for a conservative "war on poverty" aren't bad, although too many sound like a war on the poor.
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Mary Schmich
A few insights that escaped from the polar vortex - January 10, 2014 - Now that the great polar vortex of 2014 has receded into legend and Chicago has returned to its normal wintry self — cold, slushy, mired in yellow snow — here are a few thoughts inspired by the recent weather.
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Dawn Turner Trice
Miracle on the Little Calumet - January 6, 2014 - Before last summer, the property surrounding the former Skipper's Marina, at 134th Street and Vernon Avenue, was a dumping ground of boat carcasses, old tires and a nearly impenetrable thicket of weeds.
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Eric Zorn
Minimum wage causes maximum headaches for GOP - January 12, 2014 - Republican Illinois gubernatorial candidates have taken varying and unpopular positions on the minimum wage and if the issue remains big it will hurt them with voters.
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Other columnists
Dennis Byrne
The joy of Christmas music - December 24, 2013 - Without music, tonight and tomorrow would be just another Tuesday evening and Wednesday morning.
Meghan Daum
Davion Only and the foster care conundrum - October 25, 2013 - Born to a mother in prison, 15-year-old Davion Only has been in foster care all his life. Last month he walked into a church in St. Petersburg, Fla., and pleaded for a family of his own.
Jonah Goldberg
Escaping the rat maze of the welfare state - January 10, 2014 - This week marks the 50th anniversary of Lyndon Johnson's "War on Poverty," and as the joke goes, "Poverty won." Five decades after a blizzard of programs began descending on the American people, the poverty rate remains essentially unchanged.
Victor Davis Hanson
Is China copying the old imperial Japan? - January 9, 2014 - In the 1920s, Japan began to translate its growing economic might -- after a prior 50-year crash course in Western capitalism and industrialization -- into formidable military power.
Arianna Huffington
Helping Italians tell their own stories - September 27, 2013 - ROME -- Ciao from Rome, where I'm delighted to announce the launch of L'Huffington Post. I've always had a great fondness for the boot-shaped country and as a Greek, I feel a kinship with a fellow Mediterranean land where someone is always trying to get you to eat something and nothing starts on...
Charles Krauthammer
Stop the bailout — now - January 6, 2014 - — First order of business for the returning Congress: The No Bailout for Insurance Companies Act of 2014.
Robert Koehler
Cosmetic surgery - January 9, 2014 - "In Iraq, al-Qaeda launched an offensive to take control of two cities, Fallujah and Ramadi, that U.S. troops sacrificed heavily to clear of terrorists between 2004 and 2008."
Kathleen Parker
Make a girl laugh - December 13, 2013 - — Make a woman laugh, Marilyn Monroe supposedly said, and you can make her do anything.
William Pfaff
Isolationist instincts of Americans are sound ones - January 7, 2014 - The Washington Post and the International New York Times had the same front-page headlines today. Both had to do (as the Times put it) with the "Power Void" in the Mideast, deploring that America's decade of attempting to create a new order in the region now is blowing up in its face.
Leonard Pitts, Jr.
Life, death and small government - January 12, 2014 - Marlise Munoz was 33 when she died.
Bill Press
Et tu, Brute? Robert Gates stabs Obama in the back - January 9, 2014 - There are many things wrong with former Defense Secretary Robert Gates' new book, starting with the title. He calls it: "Duty." It should have been called: "Bobby, We Hardly Knew Ye."
Mary Sanchez
In wake of scandal, Christie blames all but himself - January 10, 2014 - What kind of politician is Chris Christie?
Cal Thomas
Bye, Bye Phil Everly - January 9, 2014 - One mark of a good song is that it makes Billboard's top 10 list. An even greater indicator is its staying power; whether it is remembered decades after it was a hit. Perhaps the highest accolade is whether the artist influences other musicians. All of these standards were met by the singing duo...
Jules Witcover
In Christie's denial, shades of Tricky Dick - January 12, 2014 - WASHINGTON -- Not since Richard Nixon assured an audience of newspaper editors in 1973 that "I am not a crook" has a major political figure so conspicuously defended his character as New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie has done in declaring, "I am not a bully."
