Tom McNamee

Former editoral page editor

Tom McNamee retired as Editorial Page editor in 2021 after four decades at the Sun-Times

Tylenol suspect James Lewis told me anyone could have poisoned those capsules — and calmly explained how

In the summer of 1987, as Chicago was coming up on the fifth anniversary of the Tylenol murders, I interviewed Lewis at the federal penitentiary in Danbury, Connecticut.

By Tom McNamee

News

Blame game ensues in election hobbled by coronavirus, marred by low turnout

Voters straggled in off half-empty streets into half-empty polling places that nonetheless weren’t always ready for business.

By Andy Grimm, Maudlyne Ihejirika, and 3 more

Columnists

Access Living founder Marca Bristo made us all listen, including me

Bristo’s talent was in building bridges between the “abled” and the “disabled” by making us see there is no need for bridges at all. She died Sunday morning at age 66.

By Tom McNamee

Pro-choice protesters gather at Ingram Park in Birmingham, Alabama, after the March For Reproductive Freedom on May 19, 2019. - The state of Alabama passed a near-total abortion ban on May 14, 2019, one of the nation’s most restrictive bans on abortions i

Columnists

Abortion and Alabama: Pro-life hypocrisy in a kind and caring state

Even the most cursory examination of Alabama’s legislative and political record shows it to be at the bottom of the list of all 50 states when it comes to practical and compassionate regard for “precious human life.”

By Tom McNamee and Contributor