Columns
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It gets a little tricky to pair spring foods with different winesMar 01, 2023 5:00 am - Chicago-area residents who have lived here a long time will remember April 10, 1977, down to what you wore. I was in my parka, headed home from the night before, but oth...
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Jim O'Donnell: New audience numbers keep "The Score" and AM-1000 inside of a radio AlamoMar 01, 2023 12:00 am - THE MONTHLY RADIO NARRATIVE has become so predictable that it may as well require only one templated keystroke on better sports media laptops everywhere. In the most re...
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Guest columnist Bonnie Jean Feldkamp: Did we really elect legislators to police love and belonging?Mar 01, 2023 12:00 am - By Bonnie Jean Feldkamp When my son was in preschool, he had two best buddies who were siblings. One boy. One girl. One day my son told me, "When I grow up, I'm going t...
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Syndicated columnist Veronique de Rugy: The simple solution to the coming demographic challengeMar 01, 2023 12:00 am - Newspapers have been reporting on the demographic challenges in Asian nations like China, Japan and South Korea. Some expect China's population, for example, to be cut i...
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Ziehm: Honda Classic a career milestone for former Northwestern star WuFeb 28, 2023 12:00 am - Dylan Wu, the former Northwestern star, won't look back on last week's Honda Classic because it was the event's last-ever playing on the PGA Tour. He'll remember it as t...
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COVID-19 scamdemicFeb 28, 2023 12:00 am - Are you dead? Probably not. You're reading this column. Am I dead? Well, not right now. I'm writing. Of course, by the time you read this, I could be the star of an unde...
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Guest columnist Keith Peterson: Separated from family, Afghan scholar still waiting for U.S. to do the right thingFeb 28, 2023 12:00 am - Eighteen months ago, I wrote about three Afghans who had been awarded Fulbright scholarships and who had managed to leave Afghanistan just as the Taliban fighters were w...
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Conversations shared and signs received from a dear oneFeb 27, 2023 10:00 pm - Antoine de Saint-Exupery, the great French author, referred to "ami mort," dead friend. He believed the spirit of a dear friend abides with us and is a very potent prese...
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Sound check: Family Groove Company at Hey Nonny; Heatwave fest announces lineupFeb 27, 2023 5:00 am - The jam fam The Family Groove Company, a Chicago-area jam institution for just over 20 years, rocks Hey Nonny in Arlington Heights with its energetic, groove-packed stag...
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New IDOT warning sign no match for car flying off Route 20 in ElginFeb 27, 2023 4:30 am - By Marni Pyke mpyke@dailyherald.com Christopher Hilton is inured to mayhem. But the Elgin resident recently had cause for optimism that cars would stop flying off a Rout...