Chicago Sun-Times

Toni Preckwinkle: Immigration bill will help Cook County

Wed, 22 May 2013 02:28:24 -0500

BY TONI PRECKWINKLE. Comprehensive immigration reform can’t come to Cook County soon enough. By our estimates there are as many as 200,000 undocumented immigrants in Cook County without health insurance

‘You will walk again’

Wed, 22 May 2013 02:28:06 -0500

BY ROGER SIMON. Stories on amputees have filled the media since the Boston Marathon bombing in which at least 17 people have had one or both of their legs blown off. They will want to be what they were: whole. That is not just a physical process, but a mental one.

Treating Muslims as pariahs

Mon, 20 May 2013 14:10:39 -0500

BY RUMMANA HUSSAIN. When some people insist on treating you as a pariah in the very country you call home, the sadness is debilitating.

Why one charter mom is marching

Mon, 20 May 2013 14:09:12 -0500

BY MARIANA CHAVEZ. As I was filing my taxes last month, it reminded me that my family and others who chose public charters schools pay the same taxes as everyone else, but our 53,000 students are not getting their fair share of CPS funding.

Obama flouts constitution

Mon, 20 May 2013 14:09:12 -0500

BY MONA CHAREN. It’s plausible to grant that Obama himself did not know that IRS agents were targeting Tea Party groups, Jews and others for audits, harassment and delay. If Obama understood the conservative critique of big government even a little, he would know that his lack of knowledge is expected.

My concealed-carry solution

Thu, 16 May 2013 02:24:39 -0500

BY STATE SEN. KWAME RAOUL. My bill satisfies a court order on concealed carry, while meeting the critical need for reasonable gun safety laws in the communities most affected by violence.

Pass medical marijuana bill

Wed, 15 May 2013 07:40:01 -0500

BY ALEXANDER E. SHARP. The Illinois Senate should vote to legalize medical marijuana. It will help people suffering from cancer, multiple sclerosis, Crohn’s disease, HIV, spinal disease, ALS and other terrible ailments.

Hillary Clinton, Benghazi and complete candor

Wed, 15 May 2013 07:38:10 -0500

BY ROGER SIMON.

Mother’s lesson lasts a lifetime

Sun, 12 May 2013 02:40:02 -0500

BY PHIL KADNER. My mother shared the knowledge gained from a lifetime of learning to me. But she decided there were some things that I should not be taught. You could call that courage, or even wisdom. I would simply call it love.

‘Serving as mayor is the best job I’ve had’

Sun, 12 May 2013 02:39:51 -0500

BY MAYOR RAHM EMANUEL. While other cities are cutting seats and options for early learning, we are expanding early childhood education by more than 5,000 seats and with wraparound services for 6,000 children. We need our children to be ready to succeed on the first day of first grade and that means investing in the critical early years of their development.

My Mother’s Legacy

Sat, 11 May 2013 17:05:07 -0500

By HARRY MARK PETRAKIS. A Mother’s Day memory of a woman who, for all the years I can remember, worked to help those in need.

Close Gitmo to end hunger strike

Thu, 09 May 2013 02:25:12 -0500

BY REKHA BASU. Surely the Obama administration can act urgently to save the lives of detainees perhaps guilty of nothing, yet with no hope of getting out.

Compromise on ending free Chicago water for all nonprofts is a fair deal

Wed, 08 May 2013 10:18:00 -0500

BY CARRIE AUSTIN AND HOWARD BROOKINS. This deal is fair to the nonprofits, and it’s fair to the taxpayers.

Small-town hospitality in the big city

Tue, 07 May 2013 17:58:21 -0500

BY EUGENE HARRIS. Only in Chicago. An African-American “Okie” gets a warm welcome.

Buy ‘ethically made’ clothes — save lives

Wed, 08 May 2013 02:28:25 -0500

BY DALE MCFEATTERS. Selling “ethically made” clothes is not a lot to ask of U.S. retailers.

Assassins don’t fit a profile

Wed, 08 May 2013 02:28:07 -0500

BY ROGER SIMON. In 1975, both Lynette Fromme and Sara Jane Moore, two women, broke the “profile” by attacking President Gerald Ford in separate assaults. An assassination profile would not have identified them in advance.

5 things new health care law won’t fix

Sun, 05 May 2013 02:38:22 -0500

BY PETER SUDERMAN. When Obamacare was being sold to the public, the president and his supporters made big promises about the law. Don’t hold your breath.

Neocons who want to go to war in Syria and Iran have short memories

Sun, 05 May 2013 02:38:12 -0500

BY ANN MCFEATTERS. President Barack Obama is absolutely correct in saying we will not go to war with Syria unless the bulk of the international community agrees that it is necessary.