Columns
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Red-winged blackbirds are back in the area and sounding offMar 02, 2023 5:00 am - Sometimes I like to nerd out on a specific bird. The challenge is to learn something new, and I always do. Today's focus is the red-winged blackbird, a perfectly named h...
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Star Michael B. Jordan directs his first film, the feisty but flawed 'Creed III'Mar 02, 2023 4:45 am - “Creed III” - ★ ★ ½ Already a champion movie star and A-list actor, Michael B. Jordan demonstrates great promise as a director with “Creed III,” his feisty but flawed fr...
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Syndicated columnist Byron York: For GOP, how big a check to Ukraine?Mar 02, 2023 12:00 am - As the war in Ukraine begins its second year, a new Fox News poll shows Americans divided nearly down the middle over how much and how long the United States should supp...
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Syndicated columnist Jamie Stiehm: Thinking hard about Ukraine war and peace, one year outMar 02, 2023 12:00 am - "Slava Ukraine" is heard in the halls and streets here, especially when President Volodymyr Zelenskyy gave a ringing speech to Congress before Christmas. That was House ...
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Heartfelt: Writers' quietly eloquent 'Once' a musical theater experience you won't forgetMar 01, 2023 7:45 am - “Once” - ★ ★ ★ ★ Some 25 years ago, on a midwinter weeknight, some friends and I went to Chicago's Beat Kitchen for a songwriters showcase, an open mic night where music...
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Some rules of soup-making should never be brokenMar 01, 2023 5:00 am - It was a rookie mistake, and I was sorry the minute I did it. My perfectly lovely Creamy Mushroom Orzo Soup would turn into a gooey, gloppy mess after one night in the f...
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It gets a little tricky to pair spring foods with different winesMar 01, 2023 5:00 am - Chicago-area residents who have lived here a long time will remember April 10, 1977, down to what you wore. I was in my parka, headed home from the night before, but oth...
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Jim O'Donnell: New audience numbers keep "The Score" and AM-1000 inside of a radio AlamoMar 01, 2023 12:00 am - THE MONTHLY RADIO NARRATIVE has become so predictable that it may as well require only one templated keystroke on better sports media laptops everywhere. In the most re...
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Guest columnist Bonnie Jean Feldkamp: Did we really elect legislators to police love and belonging?Mar 01, 2023 12:00 am - By Bonnie Jean Feldkamp When my son was in preschool, he had two best buddies who were siblings. One boy. One girl. One day my son told me, "When I grow up, I'm going t...
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Syndicated columnist Veronique de Rugy: The simple solution to the coming demographic challengeMar 01, 2023 12:00 am - Newspapers have been reporting on the demographic challenges in Asian nations like China, Japan and South Korea. Some expect China's population, for example, to be cut i...