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Home » Steve Chapman

Tag: Steve Chapman

Posted inBlogs

The media’s election coverage is better than some pundits think

by Michael Miner September 8, 2016August 18, 2021

Pundits have convinced themselves that Americans are blind to the dangers of the election and that the media is to blame.

Posted inBlogs

Should prostitution be less illegal—or more?

by Michael Miner September 1, 2015August 18, 2021

An argument against prostitution in the New Republic is mangled by a weak sentence.

Posted inBlogs

Reason has serious shortcomings in the war between thought and belief

by Michael Miner January 12, 2015August 18, 2021

A war between thought and belief is not a war of ideas.

Posted inBlogs

Did Obama just undermine democracy?

by Michael Miner November 24, 2014August 18, 2021

Immigration, tyranny, and politics as usual

Posted inBlogs

The choice: Rauner, Quinn, or a 24-hour drunk?

by Michael Miner November 3, 2014August 18, 2021

Choosing a governor in Illinois

Posted inBlogs

Should Obamacare have been left to the states?

by Michael Miner November 15, 2013August 19, 2021

Steve Chapman’s Tribune column offers a strong argument, except for the comparison it doesn’t draw.

Posted inColumns & Opinion

Our ignorance of our enemies might not be bliss, but it’s close enough

by Michael Miner October 22, 2013August 19, 2021

Akbar Ahmed’s new book exposes a subtlety and complexity that ought to matter more.

Obama with the Kuwaiti emir Sheikh Sabah al-Ahmed al-Sabah in the Oval Office two weeks ago. The visit came as Obama was lobbying lawmakers to support military force against Syria.
Posted inColumns & Opinion

The press has been as hard on Obama’s stance on Syria as the public

by Michael Miner September 24, 2013August 19, 2021

The press has been as hard on Obama’s stance on Syria as the public.

Posted inBlogs

Nobody’s screaming! The muted debate over Syria

by Michael Miner September 10, 2013August 19, 2021

A survey of the pundits’ views

Posted inBlogs

Where are the editorial cartoonists who take the side of the NSA?

by Michael Miner June 18, 2013August 19, 2021

Editorial cartoonists take one side in the NSA scandal.

Posted inBlogs

Chicago Tribune writers engage federal surveillance programs

by Michael Miner June 10, 2013August 19, 2021

John Kass, Clarence Page, and Steve Chapman all chime in.

Posted inBlogs

Will two too many Kochs spoil the Tribune?

by Michael Miner May 1, 2013August 19, 2021

If the Koch brothers buy the Tribune Company, then what?

Posted inBlogs

After-birth abortion flap arrives at the Chicago Tribune

by Deanna Isaacs March 27, 2012August 19, 2021

After-birth abortion flap finally hits the Tribune

Posted inBlogs

The Cambridge confrontation: seeking the meaning

by Michael Miner July 28, 2009August 19, 2021

The conflagration between Sergeant James Crowley and Professor Henry Louis Gates Jr. in Cambridge, with added kindling compliments of the president, has served the pundits of America as the newest visitation of That Which Must Be Written About.

Posted inBlogs

Fighting and drinking

by Michael Miner August 21, 2008August 19, 2021

The Sun-Times thinks 18-year-olds are old enough to drink but the drinking age should be 19; the Tribune’s Steve Chapman disagrees and makes a better argument.

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