Columns
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Jim O'Donnell: Game-by-game point spreads say the '23 Bears should finish … betterMay 14, 2023 5:30 am - IN AN ERA WITH A MORE AND MORE SOPHISTICATED "MADDEN" and legal sports gambling on just about every facet of the NFL, why even bother playing the regular season? Have li...
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Guest columnist Keith Peterson: Overheated rhetoric, obvious urgency: It's time to get serious on immigration reformMay 14, 2023 1:00 am - With the expiration of Title 42, a public health measure that allowed board patrol agents to deny asylum-seekers (technically refugees) from gaining entry at the U.S., t...
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Syndicated columnist Susan Estrich: The Teflon DonMay 14, 2023 1:00 am - Can he get away with this, too? A New York jury award of $5 million for sexual abuse and defamation would be enough to sink any normal candidate for high office. But Don...
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Grammar Moses: The irony of describing action with a nounMay 13, 2023 3:00 pm - Those of you who know me well are aware that I am not a coffee drinker. The only time I tried it was in 1987, while interviewing then-Roselle Village Manager Glenn Spach...
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Facts Matter: Fake Santos mugshot appears immediately after arraignmentMay 13, 2023 3:00 pm - U.S. Rep. George Santos on Wednesday pleaded not guilty to charges laid out in a 13-count indictment: wire fraud, money laundering, theft of public funds and making fals...
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Early in bereavement, you may be bombarded with unwanted financial decisionsMay 13, 2023 6:00 am - Figuring out and managing finances when bereaved is a very tricky and a many-headed problem for most people, one way or another. There are many ways this is so, with man...
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Baseball Way Back: Could "Winning ugly" return to the South Side?May 13, 2023 1:00 am - A lot of my fellow White Sox fans have already written off the 2023 season. It's hard not to join them in focusing instead on the Blackhawks draft or the upcoming Bears ...
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Why some suburban park districts rely more on property taxes than othersMay 13, 2023 1:00 am - Taxpayers cover only one of every four dollars collected by the South Barrington Park District each year. That's thanks in large part to the district's successful tennis...
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Including lawyer in emails is no substitute for an open meetingMay 12, 2023 7:00 am - Q: I understand that a quorum of the board of a condominium can consult with the association's legal counsel without having an actual board meeting. If the board members...
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Around Town: Montessori School wins big on National Battery Day; a Lazarus House goodbyeMay 12, 2023 6:00 am - Vandana Caruso isn't quite sure how many batteries she now has in her possession after winning enough from Batteries Plus in Geneva to last a year. The batteries are sto...