Columns
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What's next for Highland Park shooting defendant? It'll be a long road, Gacy's attorney saysJul 15, 2022 5:00 am - With the accused in custody and reportedly facing a mountain of incriminating evidence that includes a confession, you might think the case against the suspect in the ma...
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Guest columnist Nicole Wolter: Pending vote on public unions shows why businesses are fleeing IllinoisJul 15, 2022 1:00 am - Some companies are saying sayonara to the Prairie State. After more than 90 years of calling Illinois home, construction equipment manufacturer Caterpillar is moving its...
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Lincicome: Goodbyes are more about the fans than the guest of honorJul 15, 2022 1:00 am - The Bank of Scotland put Jack Nicklaus' face on its five-pound note when he played his last British Open at St. Andrews 17 years ago. That five pounds today would be wor...
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Syndicated columnist Debra J. Saunders: GOP voters prefer to think elections are corruptJul 15, 2022 1:00 am - Many on the right have bashed the House Committee looking into the Jan. 6 Capitol riot for having too few Republicans and leaning heavily on edited videotapes of former ...
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O'Donnell: Dick Clark, Fidel Castro and Ozzie Guillen mesh amid the Ins and Outs of JulyJul 15, 2022 1:00 am - IF DICK CLARK WAS still around to host "The Pyramid," the clues might be: "An All-Star break ... NFL preseason projections ... Major golf live from Scotland at 5 a.m., C...
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Intelligentsia Cup cycling race series a local alternative to Tour de FranceJul 14, 2022 6:00 am - Tour de France devotees, including armchair racers like me, can satisfy our cycling passion, and ring cowbells (!), at Chicagoland's Intelligentsia Cup July 22-31. While...
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Harsh survival tale 'Where the Crawdads Sing' compromised by voice-overs, inauthentic detailsJul 14, 2022 6:00 am - “Where the Crawdads Sing” - ★ ★ ½ Olivia Newman's “Where the Crawdads Sing” supplies a superb example of what happens when filmmakers try to create an excellent adaptat...
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Constable: Glen Ellyn seeker is less tourist, more detour-ist in journey toward homeJul 14, 2022 5:25 am - Sitting in the gazebo in the backyard of his Glen Ellyn home, author Tom Montgomery Fate is still on a journey. "It's a big idea, home," says Fate, whose sixth and lates...
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Guest columnist Josh Hildebrand: Lack of will keeping us from meaningful gun controlJul 14, 2022 1:00 am - I am a former lieutenant colonel in the United States Marine Corps. I am also a resident of Highland Park, a town that experienced a mass shooting during its July Fourth...
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Daily Herald columnist Jim Slusher: In times of high stress, we aim to provide a break from bad newsJul 14, 2022 1:00 am - Managing Editor Lisa Miner starts every morning news meeting with the same question for editors: "How can we be helpful to our readers today?" Often, she is greeted with...