Columns
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Media saves Joe Biden -- just as it saved Barack ObamaDec 17, 2020 12:00 am - Hunter Biden, President-elect Joe Biden's son, is undergoing a tax investigation by the U.S. Attorney's Office in Delaware concerning Hunter's lucrative work with Burism...
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Feder: WGN Radio names Steve Alexander to succeed Orion SamuelsonDec 17, 2020 12:00 am - When the legendary Orion Samuelson retires at the end of the month after 60 years at WGN 720-AM, he'll turn over the agribusiness beat to Steve Alexander, who's been a n...
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Letter from the Editor: Why the Ghost of Christmas Past and some banana pancakes got me thinkingDec 17, 2020 12:00 am - As Merriam-Webster's Word of the Year for 2020 - in a surprise to absolutely nobody - is "pandemic," I would have to imagine," weird" was not far behind. Because just as...
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Radtke: IHSA's Anderson says no date set for meeting with state officialsDec 17, 2020 12:00 am - Social media headlines can, oft times, be misleading. Take this past Monday for example. Shortly after the Illinois High School Association's board of directors meeting,...
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You can make shiny, tasty chocolates for giving or just eatingDec 16, 2020 5:00 am - If imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, pay tribute to Girl Scout Cookies with these chocolate mint copycats
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Look ma, no instant ramen - why it pays to teach kids to cookDec 16, 2020 5:00 am - Like many students, I ate poorly in college. The nadir was surely that summer I shared an apartment with friends who raided their fraternity kitchen to stock our cupboar...
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Jim O'Donnell: The secret of Jeannie Morris was no grand secret at allDec 16, 2020 12:00 am - THE ABSOLUTE ESSENCE of Jeannie Morris as a journalist was markedly ingenious: Charm and disarm. Whether it was Mike Ditka or Michael Jordan or one of the state of Illin...
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Illinois struggles to recruit in-state kids. Could Jeff Monken's triple option fix that?Dec 16, 2020 12:00 am - On the first day of the football signing period Wednesday, the Daily Herald has a chart of suburban players headed to schools like Arizona, Penn State, Wisconsin, Northw...
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Feder: The Mix bids farewell to morning co-star Melissa McGurrenDec 16, 2020 12:00 am - Melissa McGurren, who rose from traffic reporter to full-fledged co-host of Eric Ferguson's top-rated morning show, is out after more than two decades at WTMX 101.9-FM, ...
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Winter weather brings out the best in the hardy, humble witch-hazelDec 15, 2020 5:00 am - “I cherish a witch-hazel kind of day, a scrap of color, a light in the window when winter is closing all around.” - Robin Wall Kimmerer Tis the season for Christmas tre...