Columns
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Hub Arkush: An open apology for my Aaron Rodgers commentsJan 05, 2022 12:00 am - In case you haven't heard, I've spent the better part of the last 24 hours making a pretty nasty mess. Actually, and much to my surprise, that may be the understatement ...
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A call to fight rising authoritarianism, in 2022 and beyondJan 05, 2022 12:00 am - At the beginning of a new year, it's traditional to make a resolution or two. I have no such list for myself or others, but I do have a wish. For 2022 and beyond, I wish...
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'I'm not Trump': We could have gotten more from Joe BidenJan 05, 2022 12:00 am - The only way to write about national politics is to write about local politics first. You won't see anything on the national stage you haven't already seen in some town ...
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Jim O'Donnell: A rare window for George McCaskey and his Bears to stun its paying publicJan 05, 2022 12:00 am - THE BEARS MOVED INTO an astonishing new world of potential business credibility when management announced the execution of a Purchase and Sale Agreement for Arlington Pa...
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Constable: COVID alters tradition, but can't dim holiday joyJan 04, 2022 4:30 am - For 63 consecutive years, my Christmas tradition had been either celebrating at home with family and extended family or making pilgrimages to the homes of loved ones for...
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Oak Brook's First Folio to require proof of booster vaccine for upcoming performancesJan 04, 2022 12:00 am - First Folio Theatre has updated its COVID-19 vaccination and masking policy to require theatergoers show proof of the booster vaccine for admission to the Oak Brook thea...
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Arkush: If Bears fire Nagy, which assistants might not become collateral damage?Jan 04, 2022 12:00 am - If Matt Nagy does lose his job following the Bears-Vikings game Sunday, once the sting recedes he will at least know he has no one else to blame. But the thing that fros...
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Plague-year immigrants headed to Trump countryJan 04, 2022 12:00 am - I want to add a few notes to my column last week on the Census Bureau's July 2021 state population estimates and what stories they tell about growth and decline in the f...
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The new mantra of our era: Be wellJan 04, 2022 12:00 am - For too much of my life, New Year's resolutions were all about diets. One year, after I had half-tamed the monster, I managed to monetize my obsession by writing and, mo...
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Suburban Mosaic: How we covered our diverse suburban communities in 2021, and what we have in store for 2022Jan 03, 2022 4:30 am - It's been a momentous year for our rich suburban mosaic of diverse communities, not the least of which was weathering Year Two of an unrelenting pandemic together. In th...