Columns
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Good News Sunday: Batavia High’s Jim Nazos enjoying opportunity to coach son NateFeb 11, 2024 6:00 am - In this week’s Good News Sunday column, we look at a father coaching his son in basketball, how forest preserve volunteers help keep trails safe, and a longtime Wheeling volunteer honored by the village.
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Jim O'Donnell: If Kyle Shanahan can't pick a winner, how can America?Feb 11, 2024 6:00 am - AN ESTEEMED ANTIGUA-BASED ODDSMAKER once said: “Everything in life starts out at 50-50. It happens or it doesn't.” Patrick Mahomes and the Chiefs +2 today? It hap...
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Baseball Way Back: When Satchel Paige stepped on the World Series stageFeb 11, 2024 6:00 am - If you get a chance, go to YouTube and look for the radio clip of Game 5 of the 1948 World Series, when Cleveland Manager Lou Boudreau calls on the legendary Satchel Pai...
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Lincicome: The Super Bowl gets its Vegas weddingFeb 11, 2024 6:00 am - As the guy who fixed the pregame prayer, (more on that later) I am reluctant to scoff at sports gambling, the eager engine and place mat for Super Bowl LVIII. I speak of ...
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On this there’s no argument: Politics killed a sound immigration dealFeb 10, 2024 3:17 pm - One could argue, as the Wall Street Journal editorial page did, that the Senate border security bill, so painfully negotiated, was the “most conservative” such bill in de...
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Protection board is putting our banking arrangements at riskFeb 10, 2024 3:05 pm - Nobody likes paying fees. A fee, however, is a transparent way to reflect the price of something. And in a market economy, prices convey vital information that consumers ...
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The disputes over 'Lift Every Voice and Sing' at the Super BowlFeb 10, 2024 2:40 pm - Controversy has arisen again regarding the upcoming performance of “Lift Every Voice and Sing” that is scheduled for Super Bowl 58. During last year's game, “Lift Every V...
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John Dietz’s Super Bowl predictionFeb 10, 2024 1:01 pm - See who John Dietz believes will win Super Bowl 58.
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Grammar Moses: Read this column, if you’re so inclinedFeb 10, 2024 12:37 pm - Is “vernacular” in your vernacular? While it was part of my mom’s, “funicular” wasn’t. Those mountain-climbing trains — and really anything that climbed higher than a fli...
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Spring-themed artwork by Marklund clients on display, up for auctionFeb 09, 2024 10:09 am - Artwork created by clients of Marklund is on display on Michigan Avenue in Chicago and is being auctioned off in a fundraiser for the organization, which serves people with developmental disabilities.