Columns
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Syndicated columnist Michael Barone: On Ukraine and on welfare, morale trumps materielSep 23, 2022 1:00 am - Morale matters more than materiel. Again and again, experts' predictions, based on readily quantifiable data and logical extrapolations, have proved disastrously wrong. ...
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Syndicated columnist Debra J. Saunders: Biden Department of Justice? HardlySep 23, 2022 1:00 am - President Joe Biden's Department of Justice is going after conservatives in a way eerily reminiscent of the tactics employed when the state of Alabama went after the NAA...
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Revivals of classics, regional premiere on tap in 2023 at Lincolnshire's Marriott TheatreSep 22, 2022 11:00 pm - A storyteller, a super fan, a seminal rock 'n' roller, a stage mother and a beloved singer/songwriter are among the characters Marriott Theatre will showcase next year a...
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15 shows for fall: Classic tuners, new commissions, ever-resonant dramas among this season's theater highlightsSep 22, 2022 7:30 am - Musicals showcasing determined women; an operatic take on a beloved Broadway tuner; the stage adaptation of a popular film romance; dramas examining racism and the legac...
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Neighbors in the news: Saint Mary of the Lake seminary names new provostSep 22, 2022 6:00 am - • Dr. Brian Schmisek was appointed provost at the University of Saint Mary of the Lake/Mundelein Seminary. Dr. Schmisek, who has more than 25 years of educational and p...
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Eye-popping social thriller 'Don't Worry Darling' has everything going for it - except a compelling screenplaySep 22, 2022 6:00 am - “Don't Worry Darling” - ★ ★ Let's be charitable to Olivia Wilde's ambitious, carefully crafted (and already critically skewered) second directorial project, the enigmat...
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'SNL' Season 48 scorecard: Neuqua Valley grad Chris Redd departs castSep 22, 2022 6:00 am - NBC's "Saturday Night Live" begins its 48th season next weekend with first-time host Miles Teller ("Top Gun: Maverick") - and a host of first-time cast members. It has b...
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Daily Herald columnist Jim Slusher: Religion, politics and judgmentSep 22, 2022 1:00 am - Wise people are warned to avoid discussing politics or religion in polite company. Today, I plan to take them both on, which I know sends a pretty clear indication of th...
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Syndicated columnist Byron York: Freakout over Martha's Vineyard flight ignores the real problemSep 22, 2022 1:00 am - Much of the nation's political and commentary class had a near-nervous breakdown when 48 Venezuelans who had crossed illegally into the United States arrived at the Mart...
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Sound check: Soulful Joan Osborne; plus Allister's return; Keith Urban; Shinedown at WIIL Rock FestSep 21, 2022 6:00 am - Folk-rock with Dan Tedesco St. Charles native Dan Tedesco brings folk-rock to Arlington Heights as the now-Iowa-resident plays a homecoming show at Hey Nonny this weeken...