Columns
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Bears' midseason report card not one you want to bring home to Mom and Dad It's not all bad, but not close to good enoughNov 12, 2021 12:00 am - There is no way to spin the disappointment of the Chicago Bears' 3-6 record at the halfway point of the 2021 season, but the schedule has been a bear, too. Bears opponen...
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Legislative session was partisan assault on individuals' rightsNov 11, 2021 10:00 pm - When Illinoisans go to the polls, they select individuals who will serve as their legislative voices when public policy decisions are made. Unfortunately, the voices and...
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Hypnosis + Improv = Comedy: Colin Mochrie, hypnotist Asad Mecci join forces for 'HYPROV' show at the RaueNov 11, 2021 10:00 pm - Several years ago, while taking improv courses at Second City Toronto, it occurred to hypnotist Asad Mecci that hypnosis plus improvisation could equal comedy. Mecci re...
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Pluck of the Irish: Kenneth Branagh's 'Belfast' an insightful, delightful domestic dramaNov 11, 2021 5:00 am - “Belfast” - ★ ★ ★ ★ Writer/director Kenneth Branagh's most jubilantly personal movie yet, “Belfast,” begins as a classic horror film and ends where a classic immigrants...
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Dream unrealized: Ahead of MLK dinner in Schaumburg, suburbanites say King's dream requires workNov 11, 2021 4:30 am - Suburban residents will honor the legacy of the late Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. at a pandemic-delayed dinner in Schaumburg Saturday, but civil rights activists stress i...
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Constable: Suburbanites say serving in Afghanistan was unique, but bond with veterans is universalNov 11, 2021 4:30 am - Editor's note: This story has been updated to correct that Camp Leatherneck was in Helmand Province We know about D-Day, have read "Band of Brothers," watched "The ...
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Feder: Lake Zurich's Lisa Fielding hosts new WBBM Newsradio podcastNov 11, 2021 12:00 am - Growing up in Lake Zurich, Lisa Fielding always thought of herself as a "theater kid." Now a top-rated afternoon news anchor and reporter at WBBM 780-AM/WCFS 105.9-FM, s...
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Here comes the hypocritical global minimum taxNov 11, 2021 12:00 am - There is a certain irony to a group of rich countries pushing for policies that will disadvantage poorer countries. Yet this is exactly what the leaders of the world's b...
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The Rittenhouse case and the press's duty to report with depth on criminal casesNov 11, 2021 12:00 am - What you think of Kyle Rittenhouse may depend a lot on your politics. Almost as soon as he was arrested on charges of killing two people and wounding a third at a Kenos...
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Can the Broadway-bound tuner 'Paradise Square' promote racial healing?Nov 10, 2021 10:00 pm - "Paradise Square," the new musical in previews at Chicago's James M. Nederlander Theatre, premiered at California's Berkeley Repertory Theatre in 2019 and was headed to ...