Good morning, Chicago. As a journalist, I don’t view the city through rose-colored glasses. I behold it as I would a cherished loved one: with deep affection for what makes it beautiful and real and compassion and sadness for how it suffers.

Our president’s social media post on Saturday upset a lot of Chicagoans. I was one of them. But many people spoke up for Chicago, including a lot of Americans who don’t live here. In one of its pieces today, the Tribune Editorial Board is cheered by the outpouring of love for the city in response to Choose Chicago’s latest promotion effort as the tourism agency tries to counter the president’s inflammatory rhetoric.

In its other piece, the board delves into the brutal stabbing death of a young Ukrainian woman on a city train in Charlotte, North Carolina. “(Iryna) Zarutska’s story has become a dog whistle for many on the right and an inconvenience for those on the left,” the board writes.

In commentary, a historian explains why the National Guard should stay out of Chicago and why Chicagoans should support Mayor Brandon Johnson’s progressive initiatives, and a data scientist concludes that ballooning Powerball jackpots are really the result of marketing. Also, foreign affairs expert Daniel DePetris argues the Trump administration’s attack on a boat in the Caribbean is indicative of Washington’s haphazard policy regarding Venezuela.

Be sure not to miss our letters to the editors, which continue to address the intention of the Trump administration to send troops to the city.

I’ll sign off with these words about Chicago, by writer Nelson Algren: “Like loving a woman with a broken nose, you may well find lovelier lovelies. But never a lovely so real.”

— Colleen Kujawa, opinion editor

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