Columns
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Democracy's fate in the chill winds of NovemberNov 26, 2021 12:00 am - Thanksgiving is all about saving the Union from forces that almost destroyed it. President Abraham Lincoln proclaimed it a national holiday in 1863, midway through the b...
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'Ghostbusters: Afterlife' crosses the line between nostalgia and marketingNov 25, 2021 10:00 pm - Product placement in film and TV is as omnipresent as nostalgia and unnecessarily dark cinematography. It's no longer shocking, and we just accept it as part of the deal...
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Do 2 bad losses by Bulls mean fast start was a mirage?Nov 25, 2021 3:00 pm - The Bulls played the kind of game Wednesday night that brought back memories of a classic Rick Pitino quote during the first rebuilding era. Pitino was coaching the Celt...
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Constable: Family has gotten smaller, but gratitude keeps growingNov 25, 2021 4:20 am - On a cold but snowless Thanksgiving in 1995, my wife, Cheryl, gave birth to twins Ross and Ben, propelling us on a parental pilgrimage that got even more fun when we add...
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Arkush: Win over the Lions doesn't mean we rethink Bears' future with NagyNov 25, 2021 12:00 am - What did we learn from the Bears' 16-14 win over the Detroit Lions? As to the question of whether or not Matt Nagy has lost his locker room and players' trust, cross tha...
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A Thanksgiving reminder of the abundance of good in the newsNov 25, 2021 12:00 am - A common contemporary cliché describes Thanksgiving Dinner as a homespun Rockwellian tableau trembling to mask the promise of political eruptions over events in the news...
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Feder: WTTW promotes veteran producer Jay Smith to news directorNov 25, 2021 12:00 am - In what may be the least surprising promotion of the year, Jay Smith was named news director of WTTW-Channel 11 and executive producer of "Chicago Tonight" Wednesday, Ro...
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How cultivating your purpose begins with knowing yourselfNov 25, 2021 12:00 am - The first time I ever wrote something with the intent of sharing it beyond the classroom was through 4-H. I grew up in a small town in northern Kentucky, right across th...
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A Thanksgiving reminder of the abundance of good in the newsNov 25, 2021 12:00 am - A common contemporary cliché describes Thanksgiving Dinner as a homespun Rockwellian tableau trembling to mask the promise of political eruptions over events in the news...
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Comfort and joy: 'Tis the season of job security for Fitzgerald, HammockNov 25, 2021 12:00 am - The termination season started sooner than normal for several major collage football coaches, leaving Northwestern's Pat Fitzgerald with a timely summation of the landsc...