Columns
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2020 Bird of the Year: Cedar waxwing ... or is it?Feb 21, 2020 5:00 am - It's official. Cedar waxwing is the 2020 Bird of the Year, declared by the American Birding Association on Jan. 12. I attended the ABA's Sunday afternoon "reveal party,...
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Police leaders say a new state law is leading to less training for officersFeb 21, 2020 4:30 am - Call it the law of unintended consequences. The law in this case - House Bill 4594, aka The Criminal and Traffic Assessment Act - was billed as a much-needed check on es...
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A history belle's pick of presidentsFeb 21, 2020 12:00 am - So, here we are on Presidents Day in Washington, the city hushed on the holiday. Picture me on the porch looking over my personal A-list. George Washington receives vis...
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TopTracer the drawing card at Mistwood Golf DomeFeb 21, 2020 12:00 am - It's 1 p.m. on a typical cold, blustery and downright dreary February afternoon in the suburbs. Drive by any golf course and there's not a soul to be found. Yet at 730 N...
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Feder: One-woman show 'Reporting Live: I'm Ana Belaval' goes onstageFeb 21, 2020 12:00 am - Ana Belaval, the multitalented "Around Town" reporter on the top-rated "WGN Morning News," is about to star in her own one-woman comedy show, Robert Feder writes. "...
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Shaving to the boneFeb 21, 2020 12:00 am - In World War I, when the combatants hunkered down fearfully in miles of opposing trenches, everything took on the name of the trench. There was trench foot, a disease, a...
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Sanders' economic plan looks like a duck, despite how some quackFeb 21, 2020 12:00 am - As Sen. Bernie Sanders looks more and more like the one who may win the Democratic presidential nomination, some tell us that he isn't the radical leftist others make hi...
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DePaul's Bruno prepares to say goodbye to 2 of his favorite 'daughters'Feb 21, 2020 12:00 am - Bless Patty Bruno. She and her husband, DePaul women's basketball coach Doug Bruno, have six sons. And about 12 to 15 daughters each year. The Brunos don't have any bio...
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Rozner: It's no surprise that Rob Manfred thinks World Series trophy is a 'piece of metal'Feb 21, 2020 12:00 am - Rob Manfred scowled a most unbecoming scowl. He raised his voice, clearly irritated by the interrogation, gesturing dismissively as if he were somehow above it all. When...
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O'Donnell: Was Casey Urlacher used to whet a headline-seeking net?Feb 21, 2020 12:00 am - CASEY URLACHER HAS HAD better weeks. And better publicity. He is the 40-year-old brother of Brian Urlacher - the Bears Hall of Famer - and the mayor of the notably wealt...