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Steve Chapman is a columnist and editorial writer for the Chicago Tribune. His twice-a-week column on national and international affairs, distributed by Creators Syndicate, appears in some 50 papers across the country.
Chapman has been a member of the Tribune editorial board since 1981. He came to the Tribune from The New Republic magazine, where he was an associate editor. He has contributed articles to several national magazines, including Slate, The American Spectator, The Weekly Standard, Reason, and National Review. He has appeared on numerous TV and radio news programs, include The CBS Evening News, NBC Nightly News, The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer, and National Public Radio's Fr...
Chapman has been a member of the Tribune editorial board since 1981. He came to the Tribune from The New Republic magazine, where he was an associate editor. He has contributed articles to several national magazines, including Slate, The American Spectator, The Weekly Standard, Reason, and National Review. He has appeared on numerous TV and radio news programs, include The CBS Evening News, NBC Nightly News, The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer, and National Public Radio's Fr...
Steve Chapman is a columnist and editorial writer for the Chicago Tribune. His twice-a-week column on national and international affairs, distributed by Creators Syndicate, appears in some 50 papers across the country.
Chapman has been a member of the Tribune editorial board since 1981. He came to the Tribune from The New Republic magazine, where he was an associate editor. He has contributed articles to several national magazines, including Slate, The American Spectator, The Weekly Standard, Reason, and National Review. He has appeared on numerous TV and radio news programs, include The CBS Evening News, NBC Nightly News, The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer, and National Public Radio's Fresh Air, Talk of the Nation and On Point.
Born in Brady, Texas in 1954, Chapman grew up in Midland and Austin. He attended Harvard University, where he was on the staff of The Harvard Crimson, and graduated with honors in 1976. He has been a fellow at the American Academy in Berlin and the Hoover Institution at Stanford University, and has served on the Visiting Committee of the University of Chicago Law School.
Chapman, who is married, has two sons, a daughter, and three stepsons. He lives in the suburbs of Chicago.
Chapman has been a member of the Tribune editorial board since 1981. He came to the Tribune from The New Republic magazine, where he was an associate editor. He has contributed articles to several national magazines, including Slate, The American Spectator, The Weekly Standard, Reason, and National Review. He has appeared on numerous TV and radio news programs, include The CBS Evening News, NBC Nightly News, The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer, and National Public Radio's Fresh Air, Talk of the Nation and On Point.
Born in Brady, Texas in 1954, Chapman grew up in Midland and Austin. He attended Harvard University, where he was on the staff of The Harvard Crimson, and graduated with honors in 1976. He has been a fellow at the American Academy in Berlin and the Hoover Institution at Stanford University, and has served on the Visiting Committee of the University of Chicago Law School.
Chapman, who is married, has two sons, a daughter, and three stepsons. He lives in the suburbs of Chicago.
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We need the Republicans
Steve Chapman makes an excellent point as to, “How the Republicans have lost their mojo,” (opinion, Feb. 28). Not mentioned is the underlying basis validating the point is that the American voting public is basically stupid, not just ignorant....Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Vladimir Putin, Politics
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Ideas worth writing about
I’m often asked where I get ideas for my column. After some 3,000 of them, you might think I’d run out. But for the most part, finding topics is like finding air -- I’m surrounded by them. Last year’s presidential election...
Tags: Gun Control, Elections, Interior Policy, Politics, Personal Weapon Control
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The minimum wage and economic reality
President Barack Obama and Democrats in Congress want to raise the minimum wage to improve the lot of the working poor. But they've got the wrong idea. The problem is not that these workers earn so little; it's that the things they buy cost so much. I...
Tags: Barack Obama, Manhattan (New York City), Prices, Crime, Law and Justice, Petroleum Industry
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Chicken little report
Change of SubjectWe are jeopardizing freedom, not expanding it. ...Ill Sen. Kyle McCarter, R-Lebanon, arguing yesterday against the gay marriage bill that passed the Senate 34-21 (with 2 present votes and 2 abstentions) This legislation...deteriorates the free exercise of... -
Meet the commenters: 'Robert Pruter'
Change of SubjectPart of an occasional series Commenter ID: Robert Pruter Real name: Robert Pruter Gender: Male Age: 68 Occupation: Reference and government documents librarian. Previously I worked more than a quarter century as a social sciences editor at a family... -
University of Chicago hosts gun violence panel
For RedEyeMayor Rahm Emanuel will join journalists and policymakers for a discussion about guns hosted by the University of Chicago's Institute of Politics on Tuesday night called "The Politics of Guns in America." The university's Institute of Politics, directed...Tags: David Axelrod, Rahm Emanuel, Colleges and Universities, Sandy Hook Elementary School Shooting, University of Chicago
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Holiday labor
In Tribune columnist Steve Chapman’s “How the consumer became king; Capitalism empowers ordinary people” (Commentary, Nov. 29), he claims that the department stores open at 8 p.m. on Thanksgiving Day because the consumer demands it....Tags: Thanksgiving, Holidays, Target, Kmart, Walmart
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Gun violence
Tribune columnist Steve Chapman’s “Wrong answers for Newtown” (Commentary, Dec. 20) is a low point in journalistic responsibility. He shoots down the many suggestions that have been circulating since the tragedy in Newtown yet offers... -
He's a mean one
Change of SubjectThe video offers an embarrassing show of ignorance from a candidate who sells himself as a hardheaded problem-solver. No one will be shocked to discover that Romney, like the Grinch, has a heart that is "two sizes too small." But...... -
Grand Old Polluters
Change of SubjectThe 2012 [Republican] party platform says federal agencies should "properly and correctly apply environmental laws and regulations, always in support of economic development, job creation, and American prosperity and leadership" — not, you will... -
The ol' switcheroo
Change of SubjectThe president found himself facing a last-minute replacement named Mitt Romney, a bipartisan-minded compromiser who says, "You can't have a free market without regulation," vows not to accept any tax cut that would increase the deficit and wants to tell..... -
The GOP's environmental disaster
By the time he died last month, Russell Train was largely forgotten. Most Americans didn't know that, as The New York Times' obituary said, he helped shape "the world's first comprehensive program for scrubbing the skies and waters of pollution,...
Tags: Republican Party, Mitt Romney, Elections, Environmental Cleanup, Parties and Movements
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Nov 30, 2012
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Dec 21, 2012
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Sep 27, 2012
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Oct 6, 2012
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Sep 27, 2012
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