Columns
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Blogger Eric Zorn: Can we judge defense attorneys by the clients they choose?Apr 12, 2022 1:00 am - The Democratic Governors Association has been blasting Republican gubernatorial hopeful Richard Irvin, the mayor of Aurora, for his work as a defense attorney. For examp...
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Syndicated columnist Mark Munro Dion: Don't say gay. Don't say anything. Not ever.Apr 12, 2022 1:00 am - By Marc Munro Dion I remember young love. I remember young lust. I remember young pain and young pleasure, when the moon was yellow as gold and my nerves were very clos...
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Jim O'Donnell: Dan Roan has stayed likable during his long run at WGNApr 12, 2022 1:00 am - ONCE UPON A TIME IN CHICAGO, nightly TV sportscasts mattered. Johnny Morris and Tim Weigel were the intensely combative kings. Chet Coppock was the first to fall on his ...
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'Where we're faster than cars, people will come': New Pace CEO aims for express buses on Tri-StateApr 11, 2022 5:00 am - With Metra service centered primarily on getting to Chicago and back, cars are a necessity for many suburb-to-suburb commutes unless you relish a three-hour bus trip. Th...
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Benedictine University to host Sikh harvest festival to help raise awareness about cultureApr 11, 2022 5:00 am - Beards, turbans and other traditional garb many Sikh Americans wear at times make them easy targets of hate crimes, says Manmohan Kaur of Naperville. In 2019, law enforc...
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Patience at the plate pays off for Cubs in opening seriesApr 11, 2022 1:00 am - Right before Willie Mays Hayes takes his first at-bat in the movie "Major League," announcer Bob Uecker notes: "A lot of people say you can tell how the season's gonna g...
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Good News Sunday: Wheaton native discovers star, makes astrophysics historyApr 10, 2022 7:30 am - This is Good News Sunday, a compilation of some of the more upbeat and inspiring stories published recently by the Daily Herald: In his adolescent dreams as a student at...
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Readers disclosure concerns are overblownApr 10, 2022 6:00 am - Q: It's been three years since we bought our home, and we just discovered asbestos tiles under the basement carpet. Unfortunately, this was not reported by our home insp...
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Facts Matter: Ukraine video following attack not stagedApr 10, 2022 1:00 am - Russian officials denied responsibility for a recent attack on Ukraine, claiming a video of the aftermath is staged and dead bodies shown in the clip really are actors. ...
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Guest columnist Keith Peterson: Sustainable energy is a key to the future - and suburbs play an important roleApr 10, 2022 1:00 am - About 15 years ago, I was working at the State Department's Foreign Press Center with a responsibility for Washington-based journalists from Western Europe, and I organi...