Columns
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Rozner: Bears believe they're good enough to go to playoffs. They should.Nov 11, 2018 12:00 am - In a league where you don't have to be good to be good, where you only have to beat the bad to be good, the Bears have finally conquered the math. They are officially pr...
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Relief is yet to comeNov 11, 2018 12:00 am - By KATHLEEN PARKER It wasn't a blue trickle, but nor was it a tsunami. Rather, the midterm elections brought a gentle, purplish wave of mostly center-leaning Democrats w...
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History teaches us that things don't always work themselves outNov 11, 2018 12:00 am - PARIS - When confronting bad news these days, many tend to assume that it's just a bump on the road and that things will work out. President Obama was fond of invoking M...
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It's not 'just a pet'Nov 10, 2018 6:45 am - We know people grieve over their pets. But have you ever heard the phrase “It's just a cat,” or “It's just a dog”? Well, first of all, they are not an “it,” they have na...
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Is eating organic food worth the cost?Nov 10, 2018 6:30 am - Is a steady diet of organic food healthier than conventionally grown food? One half of the argument is that organic food does not contain pesticides and herbicides that...
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Associations must adopt owner complaint policy under the ombudsperson actNov 10, 2018 6:00 am - Illinois condominium and common interest community associations must finally adopt a written policy for resolving complaints made by unit owners, pursuant to Section 35 ...
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Burn fireplace logs for ambience, not heatNov 10, 2018 5:00 am - Q. I always buy firewood to use in my open fireplace. I burn it just for ambience, not really for heat. I thought about using fireplace logs instead. Are they as efficie...
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Why Not Use Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to Reduce Mortgage Costs?Nov 10, 2018 5:00 am - Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac have now been in federal governmental conservatorship for 10 years, with no end in sight and no plan for their future. While the prevailing po...
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Grammar Moses: How about a little gutter talk?Nov 10, 2018 12:00 am - I wrote recently about homophones. This week, thanks to dedicated reader Linda J., I'll be talking about homographs. As a refresher, a homograph is a word that has the s...
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Constable: This Arlington Heights veteran served in WWII, Korea and VietnamNov 10, 2018 12:00 am - When Chester Diolanti walks into a Veterans of Foreign Wars lodge, he has options. The 95-year-old Arlington Heights man can sit with his World War II peers. Or he can s...