John Kass

This is the most difficult column I've written in all my years at the Chicago Tribune. I'm typing it at a table in our new garden with Zeus the Wonder...

Violent crime is spiking in big cities across America. And what is the response of the ruling Democratic political class? As crime rises, as the mothers weep, the politicians decry...

If moms are "birthing persons" then what are dads on Father's Day? Americans are being bombarded with ads for gifts for that special day for fathers. Should I say "sperm...

I've finally become one of those annoying guys at the hardware store giving unsolicited advice to perfect strangers. But happily, I have a beautiful and loving life coach to save...

There is one takeaway from watching Vice President Kamala Harris' horrifying interview on NBC about whether she'll visit our southern border to see the crisis with her own eyes: President...

There is a thin line in big cities like Chicago, New York, Detroit and Los Angeles and small towns too. In just about every place you can think of where...

When it comes time for the world-famous Golden Moutza of the Month award, some people just can't handle the truth. "We are way beyond a single Moutza," says agitator Dan...

Those corruption-hunting feds are now in the belly of the beast of Illinois, rooting around in there. And that criminal indictment of Tim Mapes, Boss Madigan's longtime chief of staff,...

If only Xavier Quiroz, a 13-year-old special needs student, had been useful to Chicago's political class. But the boy had no political utility. If he had utility, you may have...