Good morning.

Many Chicagoans are familiar with unhoused persons raising tents and taking over sections of public parks. We've heard a lot about this problem on the Northwest Side and on Sunday the editorial board argued that, while this is a vexing problem needing equal measures of compassion and determination, no-one is well served by encampments on baseball diamonds.

Local attorney George Galland argues today in our pages that no-one is being well served by the Supreme Court, either. He lays out his critique in uncompromising fashion.

Longtime Cook County chief judge was ousted from his long-held position by his peers. So it's a new day at the Cook County Circuit Court: the much younger Charles Beach is taking over from the liberal stalwart Evans. The editorial board looks at what that could mean.

America is still reeling from the shooting of Charlie Kirk on September 10, as reflected in several of the offerings and letters we have to share with you.

Clarence Page wrote about the assassination in the context of his long history covering political violence on Sunday. Regular contributor Jonathan Zimmerman tried to find some solutions for the toxic partisanship visible on social media. Today, the editorial board worries about the impact of Kirk's death on the safety of other public officials and, in a Sunday Opinion piece that moved me greatly, the great local writer Kerry Lester Kasper explored the impact of last week's events on ordinary family dinner tables, including her own.

She brings up a point that few have made: children have been watching and listening to these conversations.

Have a great start to your week

— Chris Jones, editorial page editor

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