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Celebrating a Christmas ceasefireJan 02, 2020 12:00 am - What a great holiday season it is. Know why? Congress is on vacation, which means all the rest of us get a break from politics. We're in the middle of what amounts to a ...
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How presidents get their factsJan 02, 2020 12:00 am - Here's a basic truth about people who make decisions on public policy: they rarely have all the facts they want. Over the years, I've sat in countless meetings in which,...
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Feder: ABC 7 wins New Year's Eve ratings in a blowoutJan 02, 2020 12:00 am - Chicago viewers overwhelmingly chose WLS-Channel 7 to ring in the new year Tuesday night, Robert Feder writes. The ABC-owned station drew 354,947 households - more than...
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Bears coaching changes are most likely just tip of the icebergJan 01, 2020 11:00 pm - So the first major move of the 2020 offseason for the Bears is to clear out half of their offensive coaching staff, primarily everyone involved in the run game and their...
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9 Chicago, suburban acts that surprised, impressed in 2019Jan 01, 2020 5:00 am - I go see bands. My iPhone storage is at least 75 percent photos from local shows. And I almost always have a pair of earbuds on hand. What this means is I'm always worki...
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O'Donnell: Don Imus and Larry Lujack both touched sports, but from very different baselinesJan 01, 2020 12:00 am - NEW YORK HAD Don Imus, Chicago had Larry Lujack. With the passing of Imus at age 79 last week, the question is inbounds as holiday games: Who ruled? Both hit the nationa...
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Feder: Chicago media preview 2020Jan 01, 2020 12:00 am - A few things to look for on the Chicago media beat in the coming year, reports Robert Feder: Alden Global Capital, the New York-based hedge fund that acquired a 32 perce...
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Colleges dupe parents and taxpayers with diversity bureaucracyJan 01, 2020 12:00 am - Colleges have been around for centuries. College students have also been around for centuries. Yet, college administrators assume that today's students have needs that w...
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The Great Divide: Congress, voters on immigrationJan 01, 2020 12:00 am - A year-end Associated Press poll showed that the two top 2019 stories were the House of Representatives' vote to impeach President Trump and the president's immigration ...
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Old enough to vote, not old enough to smokeDec 31, 2019 12:00 am - I started smoking in high school and quit in my early 20s. I wish I never smoked, but I did. I thought it was cool until I knew it was stupid. That's when I quit. Laws t...