Now that Caleb Williams has proven to be a mere mortal and not the god of miraculous victories, it doesn't mean we don't owe him our eternal thanks for a lifetime of memories and a genuine hope for the future.
Thanks Caleb, and for that matter, the rest of Da Bears team as well.
Bob Ory, Elgin
Bears headline draws a flag
The Sun-Times headline writers are normally the best in the business, but they really dropped the ball on Monday's front page. "Good, Better, Bust"? Did they even watch the game? The Bears held their own against an arguably better team, and then almost pulled off another last-minute miracle. There was no "bust" in that game, and we all know the headline writers can do better.
Tony Galati, Lemont
Calling foul on game-winning kick
I'm just a lukewarm football fan, but I feel for the Bears on their loss to the Rams after that sensational last-minute comeback. I think the rules should require a touchdown to win in overtime play. A field goal seems like a cheap trick.
Dan McGuire, Bensenville
Let Indiana host our Bears
Commenting on the $532 million in bond debt that remains from the renovation of Soldier Field, state Rep. Kam Buckner, D-Chicago, argued that "In Springfield, we can be creative." The thought of politicians being "creative" with our money should send chills down the spines of taxpayers, perhaps especially in Illinois.
Why not let the politicians in Indiana, who seem to be eager to give the Bears a sweetheart deal on a stadium, be "creative" in this matter? The stadium will still be a relatively painless drive for those fans who prefer to watch the game in person. The much larger number of us who would rather watch the games from the comfort of our own homes can still do so, or at least our ability to do so will have nothing to do with the location of the stadium. And the taxpayers of Indiana will pick up the tab for what will clearly be a palace of a stadium for what will still be OUR Chicago Bears.
Mark M. Quinn, Naperville
Bearing the cost
I am willing to support the Bears moving to Indiana, but only on the condition that they provide adequate financial compensation to the state of Illinois.
Steve Herr, West Ridge
Trump doesn’t deserve praise
I read, with mouth wide open, the recent letter "In defense of Trump” by Julius L. “Jerry” Loeser and was mildly upset and taken aback.
Donald Trump was dutifully convicted of 34 felonies. Members of Congress didn't do their job and remove him from office after he was impeached twice.
"No American troops in Venezuela"? How about all those fighter and helicopter pilots clearly seen flying overhead amid huge explosions on the ground in early January? Congress never authorized that strike and wasn't even given a heads-up prior to the attack tied to Nicolás Maduro's capture that reportedly killed over 80 people.
Loeser argues Maduro's capture was legally justified since he is an indicted drug dealer. How about when Trump pardoned former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernández, who was convicted of conspiring to smuggle over 400 tons of cocaine into the United States? There's a weird double standard here.
The tariffs Loeser appears to support might be illegal and will be ruled upon later. Only Congress has the right to levy tariffs, not the president unilaterally.
Closing the border is one thing, as Mr. Loeser praises Trump for. But weaponizing the U.S. Department of Justice and Immigration and Customs Enforcement to terrorize entire cities and neighborhoods is just uncalled for, as is having Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem conclude, without any investigation, that Renee Macklin Good was engaged in an "act of domestic terrorism."
Mr. Loeser says Trump has brought peace around the world. How about starting a possible war with Iran, bombing Venezuela for its oil and threatening a NATO country, Greenland, with possible military invasion, as well as Cuba? Trump is fracturing NATO, and I'm sure that both Russia and China are smiling at the moment. That gives Vladimir Putin carte blanche to keep bombing Ukraine and China permission to invade Taiwan.
Trump's America is detaining U.S. citizens by masked marauders who constantly violate orders by federal judges by using unnecessary force, Mace, pepper balls and flash bangs against peaceful protesters.
Trump's America is deporting nonviolent undocumented immigrants to foreign countries where they did not hail from.
Trump's America is withholding funding from blue states.
All this, and the president's constant rhetoric, is an annoyance to the American people, and in my opinion, not suggestive of his great policies and achievements as Mr. Loeser opines.
Dale Kaczmarek, Oak Lawn
Bogus trophy
Just because someone hands me a Super Bowl trophy doesn’t mean I won the game. Donald Trump should be happy that he has already received the highly coveted and prestigious FIFA peace prize. Why be greedy?
Sheryl Szot Gallaher, Palos Park
Nobel Prize recipient ain’t Trump, babe
Donald Trump’s acceptance of María Corina Machado’s Nobel Peace Prize at the White House last Thursday carried about as much meaning as if Bob Dylan had presented Trump with his Nobel Prize for Literature.
Tom Scorby, St. Charles
