Columns
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How can we improve recycling rates in Illinois?Nov 24, 2023 12:00 am - As we do each November, we recently celebrated America Recycles Day. It was a day that promotes the benefits of recycling for our environment and the economy. While it i...
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Builder won't fix leaky buildingNov 23, 2023 10:00 pm - Q: I bought a new home from the builder about three years ago. The building consists of concrete block walls on a concrete slab foundation. For quite some time, there ha...
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Even a Chicago sports fan has something to be thankful forNov 23, 2023 7:00 am - It's the season to be thankful, yet a cursory look at the Chicago sports scene reveals few reasons for thanking. The Bears are competing, so to speak, for a top draft pi...
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Jim O'Donnell: Searching for gratuitous gratitude on a hollow sports Thanksgiving in ChicagoNov 23, 2023 6:00 am - IF THANKSGIVING WAS BASED on the current successes of the five major professional teams in Chicago, the holiday wouldn't be observed. Since "Passover" has already been t...
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Memo to Hamas: Settler societies aren't evilNov 23, 2023 12:00 am - In the nauseating demonstrations celebrating Hamas' slaughter of Israelis, one hears repeated, again and again, the refrain that Israelis are "settlers" and "colonists" ...
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They're back! Previews and predictions for this weekend's state title football gamesNov 23, 2023 12:00 am - As the IHSA title football games return to Illinois State University for the first time since 1998, we're bringing back a blast from the past - previews and predictions ...
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Here's one way to demand rational governmentNov 23, 2023 12:00 am - By Veronique de Rugy Syndicated columnist In a world where economic decisions are mostly driven by short-term goals and political pressures, the need for a long-term, ...
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A day to remember there are newsworthy blessings every dayNov 23, 2023 12:00 am - "The world is so full of a number of things," begins the famous Robert Louis Stevenson line from "A Child's Garden of Verses" that I'm sure you can finish without my hel...
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Sweet success: Paramount serves up memorable 'Charlie and the Chocolate Factory'Nov 22, 2023 3:30 pm - “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory” — ★ ★ ★ ½ Several adjectives come to mind when describing Paramount Theatre's regional premiere of “Charlie and the Chocolate Fa...
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Spotlight: Metropolis, Drury Lane stage versions of 'A Christmas Carol'Nov 22, 2023 5:00 am - 60-minute 'Carol' Santa joins young theatergoers for breakfast and dinner on select days during the run of Drury Lane Theatre's production of "A Christmas Carol," ...