Today, we see race, ethnicity and gender continue to be issues in Chicago, but fortunately the voters seem to have gotten a little better at focusing on issues that affect all colors of Chicagoans.

Donald Trump’s forces are going to try to make Ron DeSantis’ roots in the party of Reagan disqualifying. Instead, played correctly, it can be a strength.

What’s President Biden up to? His motive could be simple opposition to a law that reduces punishments for serious crimes. It could be to seem tough-on-crime at a time when public disorder has become a potent campaign issue. It could be both.

The arc is clear. Beijing’s military aircraft regularly and provocatively crosses the Taiwan Strait median line (the middle of the 110-mile wide strait). Communist China has become more belligerent and in the not-so-distant future will attack Taiwan and provoke a major war in the western Pacific.

Censure (of Lewiston Mayor Carl Sheline) was not our first choice by a long shot. In response to the mayor’s continued disregard for the authority of the city administrator, repeated attempts to unilaterally commit city resources and general refusal to follow any rules, we were left with no choice but to voice our disapproval.

Law enforcement will tell you that it’s far better to keep kids away from crime in the first place, rather than to try and reform those kids after they become involved with the criminal justice system.

The New York Times details how so-called unaccompanied minors end up “in some of the most punishing jobs in the country.” The Times found: “Twelve-year-old roofers in Florida and Tennessee. Underage slaughterhouse workers in Delaware, Mississippi and North Carolina. Children sawing planks of wood on overnight shifts in South Dakota.”