Editorial: Christie shows how bipartisanship works
Chris Christie figures Mitt Romney is going to lose. Maybe that’s it. Or he’s setting the stage for his own run for president in 2016. That could be. Or he had a falling out with Romney after the Republican National Convention. That’s the rumor. Then …
Editorial: Governor too crafty
So much for a quiet deal between Chicago’s mayor and the governor over the fate of the public agency that runs U.S. Cellular Field. Instead, Gov. Pat Quinn appears to have rammed through his choice to head the agency. Quinn simply wasn’t going to let …
Editorial: Keeping Children’s Museum at Navy Pier a fine plan
Here’s an idea for a nifty exhibit when the Chicago Children’s Museum expands: How to pick the ideal location for a children’s museum. Fror our vantage point, that’s exactly what the 30-year-old museum did this week after a long search for a new home that …
Editorial: The University of Chicago steps up for city kids
Chew over this heartbreaker: Across Chicago, many low-income students have what it takes to make it at a top college. But most of them never even apply, let alone attend, America’s top universities. Only 38 percent of Chicago Public Schools students who qualify for a …
Editorial: Saving Prentice a tough call
Preservationists who hope to save the architecturally significant former Prentice Women’s Hospital building finally got something they wanted Tuesday — a date in front of the Chicago Commission on Landmarks. But they also got something they sure didn’t want — an announcement by Mayor Rahm …
Editorial: Don’t railroad Metra just for a name change
You don’t have to look very deep to divine the real meaning of state Rep. Luis Arroyo’s recent, shall we say, chat with Metra. Arroyo (D-Chicago), who wants to rename Metra’s station at Fullerton and Pulaski, denies he was strong-arming anybody. But how else would …
Editorial: Chicago hits a murder milestone
When yet another homicide victim lies in the morgue — Carlos Alexander, 33, a father of four shot and killed while walking home with a cup of coffee Monday morning — it might not seem like the best time to express even mild support for …
Editorial: Don’t push immigration reform under rug
Illegal immigration from Mexico, after declining since 2007, is up again. Not by much, say researchers from the University of Southern California and a Tijuana university, who can’t give hard numbers. But, they say, more folks moved north in the first six months of 2012 …
Editorial: There’s no debate on global warming
David Letterman is right. On his show last week, a teed-off Letterman ticked off topics rarely mentioned in the presidential campaign. Topping his list was global warming and, most importantly, what we’re going to do about it. “In four and one-half hours of presidential debate, …
Editorial: Give gun violence proposals a careful look
Violence, especially gun violence, is out of hand in Cook County, so any ideas to bring it under control deserve careful consideration. A package of proposals by Cook County Commissioner John Fritchey fits that category. We like what he’s suggesting, but we know there will …
Editorial: Intriguing way to put more cops on the street
Among the reasons we endorsed Rahm Emanuel for mayor was that we agreed with the importance he placed on building up and protecting Chicago’s downtown core, the city’s financial engine. We recognized — and Emanuel recognized — the importance of prizing and providing services to …
Editorial: Extreme all the way
The latest Republican outrage over abortion is not only about rape and what God wants or doesn’t want. It is not only about a woman’s right to choose. Nor is it solely about what might offend the elusive “female voter.” The latest flap about abortion …
Editorial: Amendment on ballot is not true pension reform
If an Illinois school district wants to give its teachers 4 percent annual raises, that’s their choice. As long as the district pays for the raises and, as importantly, the heavy pension costs that go along with them. But under a proposed state constitutional amendment …
Editorial: Vote to cut electricity bills
In some Chicago suburbs, electricity rates have dropped as much as 40 percent thanks to a process called “electricity aggregation,” which allows communities to negotiate for lower electricity bills. On. Nov. 6, voters in Chicago and about 60 other Illinois municipalities will have a chance …
Editorial: Gov. Mitt Romney’s ‘me too’ night
For more than a year, Gov. Mitt Romney’s foreign policy sales pitch has been to promise he’d be a strong leader on the world stage, very much unlike that rather passive other fellow, President Barack Obama, who consistently “leads from behind.” At Monday’s presidential debate …