Columns
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A parent's lesson: Children grow up in their own wayMar 17, 2020 11:00 pm - Perhaps we learn to parent by being parented. I loved Fluffy. He was an improbably salmon colored, floppy eared, stuffed dog, but he was my most constant and loyal frien...
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For anti-fragile Trump Coronavirus can be a catalyst, not a threatMar 17, 2020 1:00 am - It has been a foregone conclusion among many economic thinkers that the cheaper manufacturing alternatives offered by China and other low-wage foreign countries made the...
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Feder: WBBM Newsradio regains top radio ratings spotMar 17, 2020 1:00 am - In the weeks leading up to the coronavirus crisis, Entercom all-news combo WBBM 780-AM/WCFS 105.9-FM moved up to No. 1 among all Chicago radio stations, according to the...
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Supply and demand, hoarding, price gouging - and the coronavirusMar 17, 2020 1:00 am - As the saying goes, "Nothing is certain but death and taxes." I would add, "and anti-price gouging legislation in times of crisis." Yet price increases in the face of su...
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Pace deserves credit for adding Quinn to Chicago Bears defenseMar 17, 2020 12:00 am - In essence, the Bears traded Leonard Floyd for Robert Quinn straight up Tuesday. With Quinn in and Ha Ha Clinton-Dix and Prince Amukamara the only other 2019 starters no...
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Good News: Fourth-graders excited to meet their senior pen pals for first timeMar 16, 2020 11:00 pm - Good News: Fourth-graders excited to meet their senior pen pals for first time
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What's in a name? When it comes to plants and animals, quite a bitMar 16, 2020 6:00 am - Naming is a human obsession. When we see a thing, we have to know its name. If it doesn't have a name, we have to give it one. We've been naming things for eons, so you'...
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Clubhouse chatter: Walk a mile in my shoesMar 16, 2020 1:00 am - What our columnists and sports writers have to say as they wait for the games to resume. What's one thing people can't appreciate about your job without actually doing i...
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Has the NFL dodged a bullet?Mar 16, 2020 1:00 am - I walked into my local barbershop yesterday and was greeted by a neighbor with an opening volley of "So the NFL dodges the bullet again, aye?" I grabbed a seat an approp...
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Making the decision to give better and become betterMar 16, 2020 1:00 am - "Progress is strength." That's a quote I have carried with me since the day it was said to me. I was 16 the first time I encountered a Marine Corps recruiter. It was a...