Opinion and Column Writing @ DePaul University

It takes true talent to simultaneously remain in both the economic and international crapper. Somehow, the world’s only Superpower continues to do it with flair.

Already, the Washington Park and adjacent Hyde Park neighborhoods bustle with chaotic traffic and activity. An Olympic stadium has no place amid this daily madness.

The South Side’s treasured Washington Park has landed in the national spotlight amidst Olympic excitement and controversy. The nation is asking a lot of the Washington Park community: “Let us rip out the baseball fields where your children play-where you played as a child-and disrupt your daily routines, for at least seven years, so we [...]

I live about two miles from my job, which could be a pleasant walking or biking distance in some climates. But considering Chicago’s particularly broad weather spectrum, on most days I’d probably freeze or evaporate-depending on the seasonal extreme-before arriving at my destination. Additionally, there’s no convenient bus route for my particular path, so I [...]

Although the positive effects of the Olympics are debatable in recent host cities, Chicago is uniquely positioned to benefit from the 2016 Summer Olympics.

I was raised in a small city in Southwestern Indiana where all I wanted as a kid was to get out and to ditch the Midwest for good. I was sick of church, hillbilly accents, corn and well, corn.

The race to become the next Olympic host city is exciting. Chicago is captivated by visions of the 2016 games, yet their arrival onto Lake Michigan’s grand shores will have far-reaching negative consequences.

Apparently Chicago residents believe they deserve the 2016 Summer Olympics. At least residents of the Second City have a healthy sense of humor.