Columns
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Golden gals: How two women in their 80s met at senior living community and became close friendsMay 12, 2023 6:00 am - It's never been easy to make friends. It takes effort and give-and-take, and sometimes understanding and compassion. The latest troubling trend has to do with how diffic...
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Spotlight: Court Theatre revives 'Gospel at Colonus'May 12, 2023 6:00 am - Kane Rep returns Kane Repertory Theatre returns with "On An Average Day," John Kolvenbach's two-hander about estranged brothers who reunite to examine their shared, trag...
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Another tool in high-speed chases: GPS darts that Oak Brook police can shoot onto fleeing vehiclesMay 12, 2023 5:00 am - An alarming surge in drivers' fleeing from police across the suburbs, often at dangerous speeds, has law enforcement leaders troubled, state lawmakers searching for answ...
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Battle of a lifetime: How community is getting behind Fremd basketball coach who is fighting brain cancerMay 12, 2023 1:00 am - What started out as a simple trip to the emergency room, if there is such a thing, has turned into the challenge of a lifetime for Dave and Kathy Yates and their family....
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Syndicated columnist Debra J. Saunders: Biden Inc. not just a GOP storyMay 12, 2023 1:00 am - "My son has done nothing wrong." It's the mantra President Joe Biden repeats regularly about his son Hunter as the president tries to cloak the Biden family's greed behi...
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Guest columnist Nicole Wolter: Chicago, state policymakers should rethink policy agendaMay 12, 2023 1:00 am - In Illinois, government red tape and high taxes are in vogue. Chicago Mayor-elect Johnson, who is set to soon take office, is calling for $800 million in additional taxe...
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Star power: Metropolis' stellar 'Ragtime' cast makes an impressionMay 11, 2023 10:15 am - “Ragtime” - ★ ★ ★ ½ Chicago-area theatergoers may not be familiar with the singer/actors performing in Metropolis Performing Arts Centre's first-rate revival of “Ragtime...
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Columnist Jim Slusher: Columnist Jim Slusher: Finding the relationship between trust, truthMay 11, 2023 1:00 am - World Press Freedom Day - its theme for 2023 "Shaping a Future of Rights: Freedom of Expression as a driver for all other human rights" - passed last week with an ominou...
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Syndicated columnist Veronique de Rugy: Why the debt ceiling continues to matterMay 11, 2023 1:00 am - The debt-ceiling standoff has people concerned about what will happen if the U.S. defaults on its debt. I certainly hope both sides will come together to avoid this outc...
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Widescreen: 'Beetlejuice' rises from the grave - againMay 10, 2023 11:00 pm - I tweeted this about "The Addams Family," Barry Sonnenfeld's hilarious, succinct film adaptation of the Charles Addams characters, back in 2020: "If a big-budget liv...