Columns
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It’s a 3-peat: ‘Cancun’ Bulls didn’t throw in beach towel, but where do they go from here?Apr 19, 2025 7:58 pm - Yes, the Bulls played with more intensity in the second half, but a 24-point halftime deficit proved too much to overcome and their season is now mercifully over thanks to a 109-90 drubbing at the hands of their Play-In nemesis, the Miami Heat.
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Project Labor Agreements deliver on policymakers’ promises to taxpayers and workersApr 19, 2025 1:48 pm - With tariffs, market volatility, and mass government layoffs dominating headlines lately, much of our national economic discourse has centered around whether public policies and investments are maximizing value for taxpayers and opportunities for American workers.
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Lincicome: When it comes to the Bears and the NFL draft, expectations are anything but greatApr 19, 2025 10:00 am - I see by the uninvited calendar on my desktop that another NFL draft is nigh, an annual ritual where teams replenish themselves by pointing and saying, “We’ll take one of those.”
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O’Donnell: Jeanty and Arlington Park loom as a winning exacta for the BearsApr 19, 2025 10:00 am - THE FELLOW ASKING THE QUESTION was smart, professionally accomplished and as savvy as any fan with the intellect to properly process hyper-opinionated modern sports media...
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‘The game certainly has grown’: How one player’s efforts boosted pickleball’s popularity in the Tri-CitiesApr 18, 2025 4:54 am - One might be inclined to tag Cris Anderson as the “Queen of Pickleball” in St. Charles. And that’s certainly not a stretch.
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Karnisovas content to keep waiting for young Bulls to blossomApr 17, 2025 6:25 pm - Arturas Karnisovas suggested Thursday the 39-win Bulls are on the “right path.” Are they? The answer will require more waiting.
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Is there still a need to police offensive school nicknames?Apr 17, 2025 6:09 pm - State legislators are pushing to ban school nicknames, mascots and imagery viewed as derogatory toward Native Americans. But is such a bill even necessary anymore?
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Can't Keep Quiet: 100 Columns and CountingApr 17, 2025 1:20 pm - Syndicated columnist Keith Raffel: I started writing columns because I was angry at the world's problems. 100 columns later, I'm still angry but maybe making a tiny difference.
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Silvy: Ashton Jeanty will be a great NFL player. The Bears should look elsewhere at No. 10Apr 17, 2025 6:00 am - If the Bears want to build the best team possible, they should draft a lineman, offensive or defensive, and pass on running back Ashton Jeanty.
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Balderdash Express: The Anti-Weaponization Guy Weaponizes Everything in SightApr 17, 2025 4:00 am - Syndicated columnist Jeff Robbins: Trump pledged to end federal government weaponization yet has openly weaponized it, targeting law firms of political opponents and firing officials disloyal to him in an unprecedented abuse of power.