Category: News and Opinion

Exclusive: Without evidence, JD Vance suggests to St. Louis far-right publication that President Biden opened border to bring in fentanyl to kill MAGA voters

By Paul Wagman JD Vance, the Republican candidate for vice president, suggested two years ago that President Joe Biden seemed to be deliberately keeping the U.S. southern border open so fentanyl could be smuggled into the country to kill Republican voters, a video posted on the Gateway Pundit website shows.   The April 2022 interview took

Exhibit celebrates life, career of Chicago columnist Mike Royko

By Cierra Lemott Last month, Chicago magazine declared in a headline that it was “the summer of Royko” in the city. Royko is the late Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist Mike Royko, a legend whose image is so big that he has his own Facebook group, “Mike Royko is God.” Over his celebrated career writing about corruption,

News analysis: U.S. Supreme Court continues to undermine its legitimacy

By William H. Freivogel In the U.S. Supreme Court term just concluded, Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. wrote landmark opinions that may further undermine the legitimacy of the court that carries his name in the history books. The decision recognizing broad immunity for former President Donald Trump shocked many legal commentators because it granted