Columns
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Arkush: Bears situation at 4-9 mostly just sadDec 13, 2021 12:00 am - If I had to pick one word to describe our Monday visit with Matt Nagy at Halas Hall it would be "sad." At 4-9, even with four games to play, the Bears' 2021 season is no...
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Why Illinois' tax policy produces so many negative outcomesDec 13, 2021 12:00 am - How would you describe public policy that made it more difficult for a worker to provide for his or her family, or for that worker's children to become educated and gain...
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Feder: Former Tribune critic Howard Reich writes ballet about Japanese-Canadian internmentDec 13, 2021 12:00 am - For more than 40 years Howard Reich covered music and the arts for the Chicago Tribune with passion and sensitivity, adding six books and three documentary films to his ...
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People who help you in life may come from surprising placesDec 12, 2021 6:00 am - Years ago my beloved husband, Baheej, told me about this phenomenon — which is “people who help you in life without a particular reason,” just because they think you or ...
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Bears shock Packers in 1st half, embarrass themselves in 2ndDec 12, 2021 12:00 am - GREEN BAY - Well, at least half of it was fun. Unfortunately it took Green Bay just 12 minutes of the third period to outscore the Bears 17-0 and give them a stern remin...
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Good News Sunday: Libertyville fifth-grader collects more than 100 bags of food, toys for pantryDec 11, 2021 10:00 pm - This is Good News Sunday, a compilation of some of the more upbeat and inspiring stories published recently by the Daily Herald: A 10-year-old Libertyville boy assumed t...
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Facts Matter: Gunman at Oxford school didn't pretend to be sheriffDec 11, 2021 4:30 am - A Michigan 15-year-old has been charged with first-degree murder in the Nov. 30 shooting at Oxford High School in Michigan where four students were killed and multiple p...
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Jim O'Donnell: Live, from Green Bay, it's a new NBC version of an old NFL game show!Dec 11, 2021 4:00 am - OFFICIALLY, NBC SPORTS will be presenting a “Sunday Night Football” game between the Bears and Green Bay. Unofficially, it's really a TV game show called “Organic or Non...
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Grammar Moses: Shorter isn't always betterDec 11, 2021 12:00 am - Contractions can be wonderful space- and timesavers. They also can gum up the works. You might tell the 14-year-old babysitter: "There's a 12-pack of Coors Light in the ...
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Constable: $275,000 guitar just part of luthiers' magic work in WaucondaDec 11, 2021 12:00 am - Tucked away in an old converted aluminum foundry in this unremarkable Wauconda business park is a father-and-son workshop where magical things happen. The haunting melod...