Pundits have convinced themselves that Americans are blind to the dangers of the election and that the media is to blame.
Tag: Steve Chapman
Should prostitution be less illegal—or more?
An argument against prostitution in the New Republic is mangled by a weak sentence.
Reason has serious shortcomings in the war between thought and belief
A war between thought and belief is not a war of ideas.
Should Obamacare have been left to the states?
Steve Chapman’s Tribune column offers a strong argument, except for the comparison it doesn’t draw.
Our ignorance of our enemies might not be bliss, but it’s close enough
Akbar Ahmed’s new book exposes a subtlety and complexity that ought to matter more.
The press has been as hard on Obama’s stance on Syria as the public
The press has been as hard on Obama’s stance on Syria as the public.
Where are the editorial cartoonists who take the side of the NSA?
Editorial cartoonists take one side in the NSA scandal.
Chicago Tribune writers engage federal surveillance programs
John Kass, Clarence Page, and Steve Chapman all chime in.
Will two too many Kochs spoil the Tribune?
If the Koch brothers buy the Tribune Company, then what?
After-birth abortion flap arrives at the Chicago Tribune
After-birth abortion flap finally hits the Tribune
The Cambridge confrontation: seeking the meaning
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.
Fighting and drinking
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.