Editorial Cartoon: Oct. 8, 2018

Andrew Benintendi highlighted a seven-run fourth inning with a bases-clearing double, Brock Holt hit for the first cycle in postseason history, and the visiting Boston Red Sox rolled to a 16-1... Pete and Gerry's Organics LLC's Nellie's Free-Range Eggs has been named the official egg of the Boston Red Sox, joining a list of team-approved brands ... (more)

Guest Views: The Jason Van Dyke verdict is a step toward healing a broken Chicago

It took a Cook County jury less than eight hours to affirm a conclusion most of Chicago reached nearly three years ago: Police Officer Jason Van Dyke did not need to kill Laquan McDonald. Van Dyke was convicted Friday of second-degree murder and 16 counts of aggravated battery-one for each of the bullets that struck the black teenager on Oct. 20, 2014.

Guest column: Congress must oppose single payer health care

During the first U.S. Senate debate between Republican Congressman Marsha Blackburn and former Democrat Gov. Phil Bredesen, I was encouraged to hear Marsha push back against single payer health care. Single payer, also known as "Medicare for All," is the brainchild of liberal socialists like Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders and self-proclaimed socialist Democrat congressional candidate Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez in New York.

Church Talk: A proper focus in time of trouble

In times of stress and trouble, as we're seeing now in the aftermath of Hurricane Florence, but also in any other disaster or tragedy, it is too easy for those of us whose homes are "high and dry" and who "lost" little or nothing, to offer empty platitudes and often well-meaning but useless advice to those who have lost so much. We can say things like: "it was just a house," or "you're young; you can rebuild."

Harsanyi: Democrats’ new anti-gun laws are also an attack on due process

The notion that certain Americans are pre-emptively guilty of wrongdoing, whether there's any corroborating evidence to back up an accusation or not, isn't reserved for conservatives who happen to be in contention for a Supreme Court seat. In the hierarchy of progressive values, due process is a bottom dweller.

Letters: Readers debate the merits and faults of Ted Cruz and Beto O’Rourke

As a lifelong Texan, I've always been proud that we're known as a state full of generous, bighearted people who generally come to each others' aid and defense regardless of political or ideological differences. But the tone and the tactics of Sen. Ted Cruz's campaign are the exact opposite of the people he supposedly serves.