Columns
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Syndicated columnist Veronique de Rugy: Trump's tax returns spur the wrong policy debateJan 08, 2023 12:00 am - The recent release of former President Donald Trump's tax returns has triggered two seemingly contradictory reactions. Some people are eager to point out that considerin...
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Widows and widowers may need to build a new networkJan 07, 2023 6:00 am - Almost 50 years ago, Lynn Caine wrote the seminal book on widowhood, entitled “Widow” (1974). It's about the problems and social situation widows face after the death of...
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Grammar Moses: 1 in 2 of you reading this has better things to doJan 07, 2023 12:00 am - Lucy DelMonico sent me a printed ad that reads: "1 in 2 US adults have diabetes or prediabetes." "Is this correct or should it be '1 in 2 adults has diabetes'?" she aske...
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Facts Matter: False information follows football player's collapseJan 07, 2023 12:00 am - Buffalo Bills safety Damar Hamlin, during a Monday Night Football game last week against the Cincinnati Bengals, made a tackle, got up and immediately collapsed. He suff...
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Lien is invalid if homeowner was not notifiedJan 06, 2023 6:00 am - Q: My husband and I hired someone to do some repairs around our house. This included some roof repair, painting and the replacement of many cedar boards. Although we had...
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Spotlight: BoHo Theatre revives Jonathan Larsen tuner; 'Chicago' returns to its namesake cityJan 06, 2023 5:00 am - 'Tick, Tick ... Boom!' An aspiring composer worries that time is running out for him to write the great American musical in "Tick, Tick ... Boom!" the semi-autobiographi...
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Board responsibilities go beyond keeping assessments lowJan 06, 2023 5:00 am - Q: The board of our condominium association thinks its primary responsibility is to keep monthly assessments low and to avoid special assessments. I would like to know w...
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Widescreen: Five can't-miss spring television shows to mark on your calendarJan 06, 2023 5:00 am - We've reached the post-”Avatar,” pre-Oscar period of the entertainment calendar that is usually dedicated to catching up with the fall's awards bait, but there is plenty...
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Sound check: Weekend Run Club, Local Motive, Mr. Blotto and moreJan 06, 2023 5:00 am - Weekend Run Club's headlining weekend Suburban-born indie rock band The Weekend Run Club hits Chicago this weekend as they play a headlining show at Schubas Friday. The...
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Heun: 'Talk of the Town' featured some interesting people and places in 2022Jan 06, 2023 5:00 am - Glancing through a folder of a year's worth of “Talk of the Town” columns to piece together a year-end review of the faces and places you visited during 2022 delivers a ...