Columns
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Special session tab could have been higher without suburban lawmaker's billJul 27, 2017 5:30 am - An already expensive four-day legislative special session underway in Springfield could have cost taxpayers $56,740 more if it hadn't been for the efforts of a suburban ...
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Homage to a great editorJul 27, 2017 1:00 am - Behind every great column is a great editor - a truism never more so than when Alan Shearer puts highlighter (not red pen) to copy. Shearer, who has run The Washington P...
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Rozner: Confident Cubs aren't afraid of what's nextJul 27, 2017 1:00 am - There are those who believe the baseball gods are always watching, even listening, merely waiting for the opportunity to throw high and tight with a heavy dose of karma....
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Feder: "Chickenman" (He's everywhere! He's everywhere!) makes a comeback - by podcastJul 27, 2017 1:00 am - Fifty years after Chicago radio listeners were introduced to "the most fantastic crime-fighter the world has ever known," a new generation is about to meet the legendary...
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Youth judges needed for Concours d'EleganceJul 26, 2017 11:00 pm - Young judges sought for Geneva Concours d'Elegance show
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Do's and don'ts of offering encouragementJul 26, 2017 11:00 pm - A friend of mine likes to tell the story of a half marathon he ran a few years ago. It was one of those hot, humid, oppressive days in which nobody in their right mind ...
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Imrem: Should we care if NFL players do not?Jul 26, 2017 5:01 pm - Today's question is whether fans still are obligated to worry about brain damage in the NFL. If players insist on playing this dangerous game and even insist on hiding h...
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Time has always been a relative commodity to winegrowersJul 26, 2017 6:00 am - Quick! What were you doing one year ago today? You may need a calendar to answer. Sometimes I can't remember yesterday. But ask a wine grower what they or family members...
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Restoring faith in representative democracyJul 26, 2017 1:00 am - There's no shortage of threats to our democracy. Russian meddling in elections, the vulnerability of state voting systems to hacking, politicians' assaults on the media ...
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Why are Republicans trouncing Democrats in fundraising?Jul 26, 2017 1:00 am - The Republican president has a job approval rating around 40 percent. The GOP has an unfavorability rating around 56 percent. And Republicans trail Democrats by nine poi...