Columns
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Immigration and the trillion-dollar lotterySep 10, 2021 1:00 am - Exactly 10 years ago, economist Michael Clemens published a paper in the prestigious Journal of Economic Perspectives called "Economics and Emigration: Trillion-Dollar B...
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Cubs in spoiler state of mind as Kris Bryant returnsSep 09, 2021 4:00 pm - This would have been a good time for the Cubs to do a handkerchief giveaway. A few weeks ago the return of Kris Bryant to Wrigley Field was projected to be a sad, sappy ...
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Gonzales: Jed Hoyer is avoiding using 'rebuild.' Ex-Cubs pitcher Krukow says that's smartSep 09, 2021 1:00 am - Rebuild? Cubs president Jed Hoyer prefers to avoid using the word as the goodwill built from a 2016 World Series title after a century-long drought has eroded. And that'...
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Remembering when Rudy Giuliani was a hero to New YorkersSep 09, 2021 1:00 am - Rudolph Giuliani was always somewhat off-center, even in his glory days as New York City mayor. But people who recall him then were stunned by his decline into a conspir...
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Arkush: If injury bug already biting defense, the Bears are in big troubleSep 09, 2021 1:00 am - And so it begins. But are we talking about the Bears 2021 season, or the crumbling of their not-so-long-ago, much-feared defense? Now take a breath everybody, I am not p...
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A spirit of unity, rememberedSep 09, 2021 1:00 am - In 2001, a hashtag was, well, just a hashtag. Mostly just a visual representation of the word "number" for people who were too busy or too lazy to type "No." as the abbr...
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'I could hear others in the newsroom calling family members'Sep 09, 2021 1:00 am - It was a beautiful morning. I did a lot of singing on the way in to work, arriving at 8 a.m. As I walked into the newsroom, I saw a group of people watching the televisi...
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With fewer obstacles in his way, Glenbard South's Burnett shows the way on and off the fieldSep 09, 2021 1:00 am - As a pair of defenders closed in on Glenbard South's Trevor Burnett two weeks ago, coach Ryan Crissey had one thought. “Oh, boy. Tackle for loss.” Crissey should have kn...
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Feder: 'I don't want us to forget': Carol Marin on the legacy of 9/11Sep 09, 2021 1:00 am - It took nothing less than a miracle — and a courageous New York firefighter who has never been identified — to save Carol Marin from the collapse of the second tower of ...
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Widescreen: Internet has become kinder place for performers in their golden yearsSep 08, 2021 11:00 pm - It gets harder to see with every passing week, but there are still good things about social media. Last week's global outburst of joy over the return of '70s pop icons A...