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Feder: Bruce DuMont celebrates 'phenomenal' 40 years for 'Beyond the Beltway'Jun 25, 2020 1:00 am - On June 26, 1980, Bruce DuMont launched a new kind of political talk show on Chicago radio. "Inside Politics," as it was called, began as a 13-week experiment on Chicago...
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Insults to black historyJun 25, 2020 1:00 am - Many whites are ashamed, saddened and feel guilty about our history of slavery, Jim Crow and gross racial discrimination. Many black people remain angry over the injusti...
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A love of burgers leads to the very best way of cooking themJun 24, 2020 6:00 am - Since I love hamburgers, my friends and family call me: Burger Boy. I can't possibly calculate how many burgers I've made or eaten in my life. My favorite restaurant bur...
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Summer entertaining: Enjoy the outdoors with a veggie board, Juneberry mocktails and grilled peach sundaesJun 24, 2020 6:00 am - Illinois is on track for Phase 4 of the state's re-opening plan on Friday, with gatherings of up to 50 people. But it's also hot, and everyone feels the strain, be that ...
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O'Donnell: Arlington 2020 more about melancholy than horse race meetJun 24, 2020 1:00 am - WILLIE NELSON ONCE SANG, "Love is like a dying ember." Maybe the Redheaded Stranger could summon up some fresh melancholia for the boned round of swill to be known as "A...
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While questions remain, IHSA's Anderson optimistic about return of high school sportsJun 24, 2020 1:00 am - So many questions, yet so few answers. When Gov. J.B. Pritzker announced Tuesday schools could reopen for in-session learning this fall, it sparked an active conversatio...
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Feder: WGN Radio's Ji Suk Yi moving to 'News Nation'Jun 24, 2020 1:00 am - "News Nation," the national news startup at WGN America, has tapped Chicago media personality Ji Suk Yi as the face and voice of breaking news cut-ins in the morning for...
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Look who's sowing division in Washington nowJun 24, 2020 1:00 am - President Donald Trump was the voice of reason in Washington last week as D.C. Democrats were sowing division. Before he signed an executive order on police reform in th...
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Rozner: Finally, the Hall of Fame calls Doug WilsonJun 24, 2020 1:00 am - When it comes to the sport of hockey and Hall of Fame injustice, there has been no worse offense than the one endured by Doug Wilson the last 24 years. But with the anno...
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Words on Birds: Heavy rains in May bring surprise avian visitors to local backyardsJun 23, 2020 6:00 am - Almost three inches of hard rain can make a mess of a newly mulched landscape. I saw this when stepping into my backyard on May 15. But mulch wasn't the only thing that ...