Columns
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Middle East wars fade in the fog of WashingtonSep 14, 2018 1:00 am - By Georgie Anne Geyer Last week, while the specter of The New York Times' "anonymous" editorial haunted the White House, and this week as we again mourned our losses 17 ...
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How to handle an overbearing, talkative family memberSep 13, 2018 11:00 pm - Q. During extended family get-togethers with my side of the family, there is one person who does 95 percent of the talking. When I ask someone else in the room a questio...
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Movie review: Nicolas Cage achieves Grand Guignol greatness in hallucinogenic 'Mandy'Sep 13, 2018 11:00 am - "Mandy" - ★ ★ ★ Oh, "Mandy." Well, she came and she gave without taking. And the cult crazies took her away. Now, Mandy's lover, lumberjack Red Miller, embarks on a biz...
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Movie review: Laughs and gross-outs top scares in latest 'Predator' sequelSep 13, 2018 7:30 am - “The Predator” - ★ ★ ½ Parts of “The Predator” veer toward a robust, self-aware genre comedy. Other parts strive for some serious science-fiction thrills wrapped around...
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Movie review: It's not worth going down to 'The Basement'Sep 13, 2018 6:00 am - "The Basement" - ★ "The Basement" sounds an awful lot like "debasement," and after a blow-torch-wielding maniac approaches a screaming woman wearing a flimsy bra, looks...
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Coffey, Benjamin enjoying success playing minor league baseballSep 13, 2018 1:01 am - Three weeks ago, I began my 35th year covering high school athletics. While this certainly doesn't make me an expert on the topic, it does guarantee that I have seen mor...
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When a foreign adversary meddled in a presidential electionSep 13, 2018 1:00 am - In the 1990s, a hostile foreign power meddled in our presidential election. There were serious questions about whether one party's candidate - the beneficiary - was comp...
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Feder: Weigel launches new TV stationSep 13, 2018 1:00 am - Weigel Broadcasting, Chicago-based parent company of WCIU-Channel 26, Me-TV and a host of other broadcast stations and digital networks, just switched on the future of t...
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Wauconda's teal socks have a meaning beyond winningSep 13, 2018 1:00 am - The teal socks could be here to stay. "If we keep winning, who knows how long we might wear them," Wauconda football coach Dave Mills said with a chuckle. The Bulldogs, ...
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Slusher: Anonymous sources and a newspaper's bond of trustSep 13, 2018 1:00 am - The Daily Herald sets five conditions for permitting the use of an anonymous source in our reporting. The New York Times editorial board's decision to permit the writer ...