Columns
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Sound check: Phil Vassar kicks off Sideouts' Bands in the SandAug 23, 2017 6:00 am - Bands in the Sand Sideouts Bar & Eatery brings in some talent for its annual Bands in the Sand Weekend. Friday night is country night, featuring headliner Phil Vassar an...
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'America First' is a gathering moral and strategic disasterAug 23, 2017 1:00 am - We are seeing the sad effects of President Trump's renunciation of moral leadership on America politics and culture - the waning of civility, idealism and respect, and t...
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Easing our way into the seasonAug 22, 2017 11:00 pm - Oh...you again? Welcome back, all you fine football friends! Glad you could join me for another season of Eyes on Five — the weekly column (in every Wednesday's Daily He...
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England's Casey aiming for another return to BMW ChampionshipAug 22, 2017 1:01 am - The busiest Chicago golf season in at least 20 years is approaching its climax. The BMW Championship returns to Conway Farms in Lake Forest next month and the Western Go...
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Mom refuses to stop supporting 'problem child' siblingAug 22, 2017 1:00 am - Q. I'm wondering if it would be productive to try and resolve some decades-old issues with my mom. My sibling, a "problem child" since childhood, is still dealing with a...
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GOP must start sending president message he's losing party's supportAug 22, 2017 1:00 am - It's time for Republicans to pull the plug on Donald Trump. While some of his goals are the goals of the majority of Republicans in the U.S., many - perhaps most - of hi...
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Feder: Rafer Weigel joins Fox 32 as weekend news anchorAug 22, 2017 1:00 am - Rafer Weigel, third-generation scion of one of Chicago broadcasting's preeminent families, is returning home to become a reporter and weekend news anchor at Fox-owned WF...
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Jerry Lewis: Would you have me any other way?Aug 22, 2017 1:00 am - Editor's note: The following is a lightly edited reprint of Daily Herald film critic Dann Gire's Oct. 15, 1982, interview with the late comedian/filmmaker Jerry Lewi...
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The center is not holdingAug 22, 2017 1:00 am - By Georgie Anne Geyer Many years ago, when Chile was on the verge of civil war, a Belgian Jesuit priest named Father Roger Vekemans impressed me with his unsentimental c...
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Dann Gire: My wild, wacky afternoon with Jerry LewisAug 22, 2017 1:00 am - Daily Herald Film Critic dgire@dailyherald.com If I had to choose my all-time craziest interview experience, Jerry Lewis would be it. I first met Lewis in 1982 when he c...