Columns
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Wiedeman best choice to replace Foley in Hawks TV boothFeb 09, 2022 12:00 am - Chicagoans have been blessed when it comes to their broadcasters. Spoiled even. Over the years we've seen legends like Harry Caray, Jack Brickhouse, Vince Lloyd, Steve S...
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Opinion column: Price controls always backfire. The market controls inflation.Feb 09, 2022 12:00 am - With some pundits advocating for price controls to fight inflation, it suddenly feels like the 1970s again. This type of overbearing intervention has never worked as mar...
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Jim O'Donnell: Lessons from Hitler's Olympics apparently mean nothing to the profits of NBCFeb 09, 2022 12:00 am - THE PARALLELS ARE imprecise at this point in time but nonetheless discomforting. How much greater imaging loft would Adolf Hitler and his Third Reich have gotten out of ...
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Returning to normalcy on school masksFeb 08, 2022 12:00 am - Are we returning to normalcy? The word "normalcy," as history buffs know, was used (but not invented) by our only journalist president, Warren G. Harding, to sum up his ...
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Gonzales: Rocky Wirtz isn't the first Chicago sports leader to screw up the messageFeb 08, 2022 12:00 am - Much better, but too late. The tone of the Blackhawks' statement Sunday night regarding the firing of their minor league head athletic trainer was exactly what chairman ...
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Feder: Cubs may go after cord-cutters with streaming serviceFeb 08, 2022 12:00 am - It took Josh Kosman, veteran business reporter for Rupert Murdoch's New York Post, to break the news about the latest deal being cooked up between the Chicago Cubs and S...
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With supply low and demand high, Chicago Auto Show is the place to be for car buyersFeb 07, 2022 4:30 am - Combine a meager supply of vehicles with pumped-up consumer demand, and the Chicago Auto Show is more relevant than ever, organizers think. "Inventory is still tight, an...
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Here's how you can help Afghan refugees coming to suburbsFeb 07, 2022 4:30 am - Hundreds of Afghan refugees are expected to arrive in Illinois in the coming days (check out today's front page story if you haven't already). Several suburban mosques w...
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Suburban mosques prepare for new wave of Afghan refugeesFeb 07, 2022 4:30 am - Classrooms that have been dormant since the start of the pandemic at Masjid Rahmah Great America Islamic Center in Lake Villa soon will serve as temporary shelter for re...
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Cubs announce minor-league coaching staff, coordinatorsFeb 07, 2022 12:00 am - The Major League Baseball lockout is more than two months old, and there's no end in sight. With major league spring training camps a near lock to be delayed - they were...