Columns
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Syndicated columnist Susan Estrich: The Trump surgeMay 07, 2023 1:00 am - By Susan Estrich What does it say about politics today that Donald Trump is surging in the polls? That's right. In the wake of an indictment in New York City, in the mi...
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Wheaton native using creative streak to help reshape his hometown's downtown social sceneMay 07, 2023 1:00 am - Eric Schlickman walks through a hollowed out former painting supplies store in downtown Wheaton and sees a vastly different future for it. The place at 111 E. Front St....
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Grammar Moses: Why doesn't an ambassador work in an ambassy?May 06, 2023 3:00 pm - In light of the nearly endless column I - with great help from you - wrote a few weeks back comparing my column writing skills to that of ChatGPT, I decided to treat you...
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Reaching out to help others is a way to heal oneselfMay 06, 2023 7:00 am - It seems helping others also has the effect of helping yourself. That's something to think about when bereaved. Not at first of course. When a very dear one dies, we are...
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Nine-member board should consider reducing its sizeMay 05, 2023 6:00 am - By David M. Bendoff Q: The declaration for our association provides for a nine-person board. It also expressly provides for a quorum of five board members. There is an e...
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Spotlight: Screenwriter vows to tell the truth in Theater Wit comedy 'The Whistleblower'May 05, 2023 6:00 am - The whole truth Offered his own TV show, screenwriter Eli decides to share hard truths with his co-workers, friends and family in "The Whistleblower," the latest comedy ...
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'Essential' listening: The Bollweevils drop a new punk banger 14 years in the makingMay 05, 2023 6:00 am - Dr. Daryl Wilson, Director of Emergency Medicine at Naperville's Edward Hospital, doesn't put much stock in limitations. At least not those set by other people. As fron...
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'Girl Dad': St. Charles author, father shares parenting insights in book he co-wrote with his daughterMay 05, 2023 6:00 am - His books can be seen as primers for being good parents or grandparents - full of insight, advice and common-sense approaches to everyday interactions between parents an...
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What's behind the 'epidemic' of drivers recklessly fleeing from police?May 05, 2023 5:30 am - On April 14, a trio of suspected shoplifters fleeing an Oak Brook store led police on a high-speed chase that zipped past York High School in Elmhurst just as school was...
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Syndicated columnist Jamie Stiehm: Springtime for Washington: A smorgasbordMay 05, 2023 1:00 am - After the parched seven-year famine of former President Donald Trump and the pandemic, the city let its hair down - or put it up - and donned black tie and party frocks ...