Your Views for January 1
Danger in the park
Cartoon for December 31
The world as seen by cartoonist Ken Catalino, Creators.com.
Justice for Lockerbie
On Dec. 21, 32 years to the day after 270 people were murdered in the bombing of a jet traveling from London to New York, federal prosecutors charged the man who copped to building the explosive device that brought down Pan Am 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland.
Your Views for December 31
COVID changes
Trump’s capitulation on pandemic relief is no cause for celebration
Americans should feel no more gratitude for President Donald Trump’s eleventh hour decision to sign the $900 billion pandemic relief measure than they might have for a vandal’s choice not to spray paint graffiti on their walls. The president’s behavior merely conforms to what might pass as normalcy.
FAA reforms reassert primacy of Boeing oversight, safety
At last, Congress has undone disastrous Federal Aviation Administration policy that abetted Boeing’s lapses in pushing the unsafe 737 MAX to market. The restoration of trusted FAA oversight is a necessary step to set Boeing back on course as aviation’s longtime leader.
Cartoon for December 30
The world as seen by cartoonist Chris Britt, Creators.com.
A progressive wish list for 2021
Cartoon for December 29
The world as seen by cartoonist Ken Catalino, Creators.com.
Where are the Super Bowl ads?
The end-of-year holidays may be the shopping season of the year, but the biggest advertising event of the year is just around the corner.
Dangerous three weeks ahead
Your Views for December 29
‘Off the mark’
Your Views for December 28
Rangers needed
Rainy Side View: Eager to say goodbye to 2020
This year is coming to an end, and not a nanosecond too soon.
Obama center: Four years, five months and counting. Time to break ground
Rewind to July 2016, when word leaked that Barack and Michelle Obama had chosen Jackson Park on Chicago’s South Side as the venue for the Obama Presidential Center. Much of Chicago buzzed with excitement and satisfaction. The site, nestled in a corner of the park near the Museum of Science and Industry, stoked visions of “Museum Campus South.”
My father has COVID-19 and is captive in a nursing home. I dream of breaking him out
A crooked Christmas tree for a crooked year
Cartoon for December 26
The world as seen by cartoonist Ken Catalino, Creators.com.
Duncan Hunter doesn’t deserve a pardon
Once again, President Donald Trump has decided to squander the value of the presidential pardon in order to reward allies and score political points. On Tuesday, the White House announced five commutations and 15 pardons, including a full pardon for disgraced former U.S. Rep. Duncan Hunter, R-Calif.
Your Views for December 25
HMC’s heroes