Columns
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Movie review: Fans will warm to 'Frozen II,' but sequel doesn't deliver original's magicNov 21, 2019 5:00 am - "Frozen 2" - ★ ★ ½ You know a sequel's in trouble when its magical snowman Olaf, two gorgeously royal siblings and an oafish boyfriend engage in an mesmerizing game of...
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A district spent $2 million on artwork? The story of a story that wasn't a storyNov 21, 2019 12:00 am - Sometimes, journalism involves not reporting things that didn't happen. Here's an example: The caller, anonymous, was outraged. How, she wondered, could we not report t...
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Why Democrats don't want public to know origins of Ukraine probeNov 21, 2019 12:00 am - Why are House Democrats stonewalling questions about the identity of the Trump-Ukraine whistleblower? Start by taking them at their word. Perhaps they really are concern...
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No matter the record. final six games important for Chicago BearsNov 20, 2019 11:00 pm - Since the National Football League went to the current 12-team playoff format, a 10-6 record has been good enough to make the playoffs over 87% of the time, and 37 teams...
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Kid with care: Deal openly, honestly with conflictNov 20, 2019 10:00 pm - My Dad loved to kid. His five children soon learned that kidding was one of his favorite, and most frequent, ways of saying "I love you." To this day, 46 years after hi...
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Rolling Meadows football team's food drive for Faith Community Homes a successNov 20, 2019 5:00 am - Rolling Meadows football team's food drive for Faith Community Homes a success
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Scientists: Dishonest or afraid?Nov 20, 2019 12:00 am - See the text of Williams' column from today's Daily Herald here: http://walterewilliams.com/scientists-dishonest-or-afraid/ ...
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O'Donnell: Slumping NASCAR couldn't buy Michael Jordan's energized endorsement on NBCNov 20, 2019 12:00 am - MICHAEL JORDAN LONG AGO confirmed why he frequently had his tongue hanging out when he played basketball: "My dad used to do that when he was working on cars out in our ...
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Feder: Chicago Reader to go nonprofit routeNov 20, 2019 12:00 am - After nearly 50 years as the city's premier alternative weekly, the Chicago Reader is about to move to a nonprofit business model, Robert Feder writes. Owners Elzie Higg...
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Feder: WGN axes Bill & Wendy, gives Davlantes her own showNov 20, 2019 12:00 am - The affable duo of Bill Leff and Wendy Snyder, who've been Chicago radio partners on and off for 25 years, were cut Wednesday as midday co-hosts on WGN 720-AM. The move ...