Columns
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Syndicated columnist Susan Estrich: The new job numbers: A healthy economy?Apr 06, 2022 1:00 am - The United States added 431,000 new jobs last month, a sign, we are told, of how healthy the economy is. You could have fooled me. I'm not a numbers cruncher. I'm talkin...
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Jim O'Donnell: Betting The Masters? All Illini sentimentality says go with young 'Willie Z'Apr 06, 2022 1:00 am - GENERALLY, BETTING A PGA TOURNAMENT can be as excruciating as being forced to sit through a four-day Nicolas Cage film festival. And then there is the matter of young Wi...
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Violence on three levels: Hollywood, Washington, UkraineApr 06, 2022 1:00 am - Hollywood. Washington. Ukraine. Violence is breaking out all over, in places we thought we'd never see it: on the Academy Awards stage, in the Capitol and a war in Europ...
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'Lion King' returns to Chicago for the fifth timeApr 05, 2022 11:00 pm - Just in time for the holidays, Disney's "The Lion King" returns to Chicago this fall. The nine-week run, which begins Nov. 17, at the Cadillac Palace Theatre, marks the...
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Constable: A star is born, as Wheaton native makes astrophysics historyApr 05, 2022 5:30 am - In his adolescent dreams as a student at Wheaton Warrenville South High School, Brian Welch fantasized about a pie-in-the-sky career as a star tight end with the Chicago...
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Feder: Deerfield Herald weekly to debutApr 05, 2022 1:00 am - Editor's note: Robert Feder is employed by Daily Herald Media Group. The parent company of the Daily Herald is expanding its weekly newspaper operation into north ...
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Hossa will officially retire as a Blackhawk on ThursdayApr 05, 2022 1:00 am - Marian Hossa will be signing a contract again with the Blackhawks. This time, though, it's a one-day deal that allows the legendary Hall of Fame forward to officially re...
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Columnist Michael Barone: Turning away from excessive risk aversionApr 05, 2022 1:00 am - It feels like we're turning a corner. Since the beginning of the calendar year, a lot of things have changed. More importantly, a lot of minds have changed as well. The ...
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Len Ziehm: Scheffler seems poised to bag his first major at The MastersApr 05, 2022 1:00 am - Picking the winner of any PGA Tour event is an exercise in futility. Still, come Masters time, forecasting the champion seems almost an obligation. I've been making the ...
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Jim O'Donnell: National title is great for Kansas, not so good for bettors who backed JayhawksApr 05, 2022 1:00 am - WAS IT BOB DYLAN or Jimmy "the Greek" Snyder who wrote: "You don't need a bunch of gambling touts to tell you which way your bet is blowing?" In the closing seconds of K...