Columns
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Jim O'Donnell: On TV or on the field, the password at Soldier Field on Thursday will be 'struggle'Oct 12, 2022 1:00 am - FOUR STRUGGLING TEAMS will hover around Soldier Field Thursday night. On the Martian turf, it'll be the Bears vs. the listing Washington Commanders. Behind the cameras, ...
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Syndicated columnist Byron York: Republicans and bias in midterm pollsOct 12, 2022 1:00 am - Republicans always believe the polls are slanted against them. That belief has sometimes caused them to misread big political races. In 2012, for example, a significant ...
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Widescreen: Where to stream Angela Lansbury's most beloved worksOct 11, 2022 11:00 pm - Some people seem like they'll be here forever ... until they're not. Happily, their voices and their magic will live on. Angela Lansbury, a multigenerational star of sta...
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Guest columnist Cristóbal Cavazos: Let's do more to nurture, sustain our Indigenous rootsOct 11, 2022 1:00 am - Let the tree of America reflect all of the world, but the trunk must be Indigenous, to paraphrase the great Cuban author, philosopher and independence fighter José Martí...
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Lovely score, impressive performances power Chicago Shakespeare's superb 'Notebook'Oct 10, 2022 6:00 am - “The Notebook” - ★ ★ ★ ½ “Love is not love which alters when it alteration finds ... it is an ever-fixed mark that looks on tempests and is never shaken.” No part of Wil...
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Route 53 extension, tolls among ideas to stop drivers from being sacked if Bears moveOct 10, 2022 5:30 am - Just in time for Halloween, ghoulish visions of traffic mayhem on highways and roads leading to a Chicago Bears stadium at Arlington Park are rising. "I can tell you tha...
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District 21 seeks to expand language services for newcomersOct 10, 2022 5:30 am - Ania Figueroa knows firsthand the struggles of being a student whose first home language isn't English. Figueroa's family moved from Chile to the United States just shy ...
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'Grease,' 'Cinderella,' 'Fiddler' among Drury Lane Theatre's offerings for 2023-2024Oct 09, 2022 11:00 pm - Drury Lane Theatre's 2023-2024 season consists of a nostalgia trip, a farcical whodunit, a tribute to an American music icon, a well-loved fairy tale and one of thea...
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How Waubonsee removes barriers to higher educationOct 09, 2022 11:00 pm - I speak and write often about the power of education to change lives. And I have devoted my career to helping students personally experience this power. The first step i...
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Good News Sunday: 66 canine couples marry at Kane County Cougars' ballpark for a good causeOct 09, 2022 7:30 am - Good News Sunday: 66 canine couples marry at Kane County Cougars' ballpark for a good cause