It might seem crazy to believe Chicago can set an example for the rest of the nation on how to heal the divisions that only figure to deepen after the presumptive election of Joe Biden as our next president.
As soon as the news broke Saturday morning, my longtime friend and Tribune colleague Mike Downey posted a timeless South Side chant on his Facebook page:
Nancy Faust, the Comiskey Park organist who helped make that 1970s rock song famous, made a video of herself playing the tune and tweeted it at President Donald Trump.
Taunting the opposition is second nature for Chicagoans, whether it was Chicago White Sox fans waving bye to a reliever being removed from a game or Michael Jordan shrugging his shoulders after hitting a barrage of 3-pointers against the Portland Trailblazers in the 1992 NBA Finals.