Columns
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Politics, profits led to insurance reform vetoOct 17, 2017 1:00 am - By Michael W. Frerichs Guest columnist The late Treasurer Judy Baar Topinka used to say that there was the Democratic Party, the Republican Party and the Judy Party. She...
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The Trump within usOct 17, 2017 1:00 am - This fall, I am struck by the all-too-clear awareness that there is no longer any question about who Donald J. Trump really is. Even last spring, some of us were calmed ...
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Studying the Lake Park effect on the playoffsOct 17, 2017 1:00 am - Week 9. You can interpret that line in dozens of ways when it comes to IHSA football. Or, in DuPage County, one way for each of our 28 football teams heading into the fi...
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Does wife overshare with her parents?Oct 16, 2017 11:00 pm - Q. Our son-in-law recently lodged a complaint that our daughter shared: that we are "far too involved" in their personal business. It makes him uncomfortable to know his...
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Race enthusiasts still embrace the modest VW BeetleOct 16, 2017 7:00 am - The humble Volkswagen Beetle was designed to go a lot of places when it came out, but off road surely wasn't one of them. But thanks to Bruce Meyers, a Southern Californ...
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Lester: Will new tax credits keep more Catholic schools from closing?Oct 16, 2017 5:30 am - Catholic Schools Superintendent Jim Rigg acknowledges some schools will close as part of the Archdiocese of Chicago's massive restructuring plan. But Rigg can't yet ...
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Girls golf: Barrington's Ciskowski has her target: WisconsinOct 16, 2017 1:00 am - When she was in eighth grade, Nicole Ciskowski began getting serious about the game of golf, which she had started a few years earlier. “That's when I thought I could im...
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Feder: WBBM Newsradio to beam from Bloomingdale?Oct 16, 2017 1:00 am - Could Chicago's top-rated AM radio station be giving up its 50,000-watt broadcasting power? That may be the result if CBS Radio moves the antenna of all-news WBBM 780 AM...
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Obsuszt puts his foot down for DuPageOct 16, 2017 1:00 am - Lake Zurich graduate Kyle Obsuszt got a kick out seeing a NFL stadium a few weeks ago when he was in Buffalo with his College of DuPage football team. He is also kicking...
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Your succession plan may need tweakingOct 16, 2017 1:00 am - The intensity will vary, but the thought probably has been in and out of your mind from those early entrepreneurial days: Who is the best person to take over the busines...