Free Press Commentary

Opinion: How Biden and Obama failed in the Middle East

The short answer to why both the Biden and Obama administrations failed to achieve peace in the Middle East is that they took actions opposite to President Donald Trump's current efforts, which have led to a ceasefire.

By Victor Davis Hanson / Tribune Content Agency October 19, 2025

Opinion: Attorney General Pam Bondi has the courage to enforce what works

America's cities are in crisis.

By Chad Mizelle / The Chicago Tribune (TNS) October 19, 2025

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Opinion: News of Engel Stadium’s pending razing brings back a flood of memories

Third and O'Neal.

By Clint Cooper October 18, 2025

Opinion: Pro-Hamas protesters need to find a new chant

The "free Palestine" movement needs to find a new chant after President Donald Trump brokered a peace deal between Israel and Hamas, triggering the withdrawal of Israeli troops and the release of all living hostages held by the terrorist group.

By Joe Battenfeld / Tribune Content Agency October 18, 2025

Opinion: What happened to climate change, the existential threat of our time?

Just 10 short months ago, Biden and Kamala told us that "climate change," closely followed by "white supremacy," were the two biggest threats to America.

By Ron Hart October 16, 2025

Opinion: As the Oct. 7 mastermind learned the hard way, Israel wasn’t weak

Though it seems absurd in retrospect, there were many in Hamas who believed the group's massacre of Oct. 7, 2023, would succeed not just in wounding Israel but in destroying it.

By Bret Stephens / The New York Times October 15, 2025

Opinion: Why can’t Trump’s domestic policy be more like his foreign policy?

When Donald Trump was first elected president, foreign policy seemed like the zone of greatest danger, the place where a political novice promising to remake the world order was most likely to blunder.

By Ross Douthat / The New York Times October 14, 2025

Opinion: Christian counseling and the court

When the Supreme Court declared same-sex marriage legal in 2015, I wondered what standard they would use should polygamists appeal for similar rights.

By Cal Thomas October 14, 2025

Opinion: A remarkable day for peace in the Middle East; Donald Trump deserves great credit

Donald Trump is famous for his hubristic overstatements, but his characterization of last Thursday's events as a "momentous breakthrough" in the Middle East is supported by the facts.

By The Chicago Tribune Editorial Board (TNS) October 13, 2025

Opinion: The ‘shutdown’ is a pure political act

The partial government "shutdown" is a pure political act.

By Cal Thomas October 13, 2025