Columns
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O.J.'s LegacyApr 24, 2024 4:00 am - Thirty years ago, O.J. Simpson got away with murder. Politics was to blame, in the form of racism and sexism. His lawyers put the LAPD on trial for racism, even though S...
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Is a trade in store for the Bears with No. 9 pick?Apr 23, 2024 6:00 am - No drama is expected when the Bears make the first pick in the NFL Draft. At No. 9, though, it would be wise to listen to team history.
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Young Americans struggle to find true joy in today’s digital worldApr 23, 2024 4:00 am - The 2024 World Happiness Report, which is a collaboration with Gallup, the Oxford Wellbeing Research Centre, the United Nations Sustainable Development Solutions Network ...
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Iran directly attacks Israel under Biden, not TrumpApr 23, 2024 4:00 am - U.S. National Security Council spokesman John Kirby took the White House briefing room podium a week ago with a mission: to dispel reports that Iran “meant to fail” when ...
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Neighbors in the News: River Trails Middle School names new principalApr 22, 2024 11:19 am - The River Trails School District 26 Board of Education appointed Kyle Henkel as principal of River Trails Middle School.
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For the White Sox, less is more, especially when it comes to winningApr 21, 2024 6:00 am - The White Sox can only ruin it from here. Winning streaks, even little ones, will ruin everything. Victory is the enemy.
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Good News Sunday: Palatine honors basketball team for 4th place finish at stateApr 21, 2024 6:00 am - In this week’s Good News Sunday column, we recap stories about the Palatine village council honoring the Pirates basketball team, a DuPage County CROP Walk marking its 40th year, and United Airlines employees upcycling unused toiletry items to donate to migrants.
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Jim O'Donnell: No reason that Reinsdorf’s ’24 buck turners can't ‘flush’ to 123 lossesApr 21, 2024 6:00 am - LOVE HIM OR NOT, one certainty about Jerry Reinsdorf must be acknowledged: The man has no aversion to turning a buck. “Pissants” of the press box like Malibu-based ex...
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Facts Matter: Simpson didn’t admit to murders before he diedApr 21, 2024 5:00 am - Former NFL star O.J. Simpson died earlier this month following a battle with cancer. Besides his football career and some acting, Simpson mostly was known for being acqui...
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Grammar Moses: To whom it may concernApr 20, 2024 4:15 pm - I remember as if it were yesterday the last email I received from Ted “Dictionary Man” Utchen in the spring of 2021 shortly before he died. It was all about how people’s ...