Columns
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2 years after a devastating knee injury, Hinsdale Central grad Allen is a win from Super BowlJan 29, 2022 12:00 am - Since the age of 7 or 8, Brian Allen believed he was destined to play in the NFL. The 2014 Hinsdale Central graduate admits his fifth-grade football team was more import...
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Jim O'Donnell: Saying goodbye to an era - the amazing race of Dick DuchossoisJan 29, 2022 12:00 am - VOLTAIRE ONCE SUGGESTED that there is birth, there is death and in between are starts of fancied follies and true miseries. Dick Duchossois spent a lifetime trying to ou...
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How the White Sox played a part in Joe DiMaggio meeting Marilyn MonroeJan 29, 2022 12:00 am - In "Gentlemen Prefer Blondes," Marilyn Monroe sings "Diamonds Are a Girl's Best Friend." She might have been singing about another kind of diamond, one with four bases a...
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Facts Matter: Biden takes credit for Trump-signed billJan 29, 2022 12:00 am - During a news conference earlier this month at the White House, President Joe Biden touted a consumer protection law that guards against patients being hit with unexpect...
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DeRozan praises Pop, time spent in San AntonioJan 28, 2022 10:00 am - DeMar DeRozan's three years in San Antonio went fine. He averaged at least 21 points every season and delivered the three highest assist averages he's had in his NBA car...
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How St. Charles is offering help with property repair costsJan 28, 2022 5:00 am - Liz Eakins falls into the category of knowing what truly helps people whose incomes for any number of reasons don't always measure up when critical needs arise. She saw ...
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Scan to scam? QR codes are convenient and everywhere - but there's a catch, FBI saysJan 28, 2022 4:30 am - If you've dined out much over the past 18 months, you've probably been to a restaurant where you've scanned a QR code with your phone to access an online menu, instead o...
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Feder: Chicago Public Square marks 5 yearsJan 28, 2022 12:00 am - It's been five years since veteran Chicago journalist and digital news innovator Charlie Meyerson launched the free daily email news briefing Chicago Public Square, prov...
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Next two years will be true barometer of Biden's successJan 28, 2022 12:00 am - It's been about a year since Joe Biden took office as President and though it's still too early to draw firm conclusions about his performance, it's not too early to dis...
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Lincicome: Not all that's debunked these days stays debunkedJan 28, 2022 12:00 am - In times like these we fall back on that reliable swamp philosopher, the possum Pogo, who observed, "We have met the enemy and he is us." This may seem a long way to go ...