Good morning, Chicago. The temperatures are bone-chilling this week; we hope you stay warm. Our offerings today will supply you with plenty to chew on.

The Tribune Editorial Board takes to task protesters who created a scene inside a church in St. Paul during Sunday worship. Just as federal agents don’t belong in a daycare center during enforcement actions, protesters shouldn’t invade the sanctity of a house of worship to deliver their message, the board writes. The board also tackles the subject of tariffs as a bullying tactic in the context of President Donald Trump’s Greenland aspirations.

In commentary, two of our contributors comment on higher education. Data scientist Sheldon H. Jacobson dives into the chaos that has emerged in big-revenue college sports because of policy changes such as the transfer portal and NIL contracts. He suggests how the negative consequences can be reined in. And Ryan Gable, an adjunct instructor at Roosevelt University, provides a refreshing perspective that disputes the depiction of colleges as indoctrination factories.

Our third contributor today, Talla Mountjoy, writes of the pain she and her family members are experiencing while being cut off from their loved ones in Iran because of the regime’s internet blackout. Her op-ed is a loving vignette of Iranian customs.

Regarding letters from our readers, the Chicago Bears are the focus: Sunday’s thrilling game against the Rams and the team’s stadium saga. Thank you to our readers for always sharing such good thoughts!

We’ll be back tomorrow.

— Colleen Kujawa, opinion editor

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