Columns
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There's much to be uneasy about as U.S. leaves AfghanistanApr 28, 2021 1:00 am - I heard a story while at National Defense University about a corporal who said that fighting in Afghanistan was "like fighting in the Bible." To be sure, parts of Afghan...
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Balogna slicing and free speech rightsApr 28, 2021 1:00 am - In January, Simon & Schuster canceled its agreement to publish a book, presumably a memoir-cum-political pandemic, by Sen. Josh Hawley. Last week, in response to interna...
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Feder: Springfield exhibit on 'Music from Illinois' remembers radio tooApr 28, 2021 1:00 am - An ambitious exhibition celebrating music from Illinois and the legendary musicians who made it - including a working radio studio available to DJs throughout the state ...
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Rozner: Why Robin Lehner is frustrated with the NHL's virus restrictionsApr 27, 2021 1:00 am - Robin Lehner is frustrated. And one certainty we learned last season when Lehner played for the Blackhawks is he will tell you what he's thinking. When distraught, he's ...
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Feder: Nexstar Media Group launching Rewind TV channel in SeptemberApr 27, 2021 1:00 am - Nexstar Media Group, parent company of WGN-Channel 9 and NewsNation, has announced the launch of Rewind TV, a digital subchannel that will air sitcoms from the 1980s and...
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Finally, the facts about a Capitol riot casualtyApr 27, 2021 1:00 am - It took nearly three and a half months for the District of Columbia medical examiner's office to announce a cause of death for Capitol Police Officer Brian Sicknick, who...
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New class for Illinois Golf Hall of Fame taking shapeApr 27, 2021 1:00 am - The first stage for selection to the Illinois Golf Hall of Fame has been completed, and the 27 nominees have been whittled to 10. Among the finalists are three longtime...
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For Blacks in Ohio, too much on top of more than one can bearApr 27, 2021 1:00 am - It's Wednesday morning. I sign into the eighth one-on-one student videoconference but immediately see that, on this call, with this cherished student, there's no oxygen ...
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Widescreen: One change that could have saved the Oscars' risky endingApr 26, 2021 11:00 pm - Producers Jesse Collins, Stacy Sher and Steven Soderbergh made a Danny Ocean-sized wager in placing the acting awards after Best Picture at last week's Oscars. They lost...
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Earmarks return to Illinois politics, and so does the debateApr 26, 2021 5:30 am - Amid a conservative revolution and outrage about political corruption, Congress disciplined itself in 2011 by dropping the controversial practice of earmarks. Now the h...