Columns
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COVID-friendly Fourth fun you can watch on TVJul 02, 2020 6:00 am - Here comes another big date on the calendar that won't be quite what we've come to expect from years past. Gone are the traditional suburban festivals and their firework...
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Libraries, books and why I, an adult, hid behind a plant at House of BluesJul 02, 2020 6:00 am - Full disclosure: The Fourth of July-themed column I originally wrote had a pretty ... let's call it impassioned and also way-too-long-and-boring missive all about the Fi...
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Lin-Manuel Miranda's joyous, soul-searing 'Hamilton' a big plus for Disney+Jul 02, 2020 6:00 am - Some day we will surely get a legitimately cinematic movie version of Lin-Manuel Miranda's joyously soul-searing Broadway musical "Hamilton," all rapped up in red, white...
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Arkush: Bears 'D' could be special if its 'quarterbacks' are on the fieldJul 02, 2020 1:00 am - Just how good can the Chicago Bears defense be in 2020? Generational was the most popular adjective being thrown around in 2018 and early in 2019, and on paper this grou...
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Feder: After 5 years on WGN, Carl Amari's radio classics returning to WINDJul 02, 2020 1:00 am - With the impending cancellation of the weekly "WGN Radio Theatre" on WGN 720-AM, host Carl Amari is about to bring classic drama and comedy from the golden age of radio ...
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State budget a good first step in real change for marginalized communitiesJul 02, 2020 1:00 am - Uplifting news can be hard to find these days. Representing health care providers serving largely minority communities, we see the challenges everywhere. The coronavirus...
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The fragile state of the free pressJul 02, 2020 1:00 am - As we approach the official celebration of America's Declaration of Independence, a new study on coronavirus news reporting gives some interesting, and uncomfortable, in...
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O'Donnell: Determined Thomas trying to keep hope alive at AM-1000Jul 01, 2020 1:00 am - THERE ONCE WAS A TIME when sports talk radio in Chicago was fresh. That would have been when Bill Clinton was in the White House, "The Lion King" was about to happen and...
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Feder: With no savior in sight, Tribune loses reporter David JacksonJul 01, 2020 1:00 am - David Jackson, a Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative reporter who spearheaded a valiant effort to find a benevolent owner for the Chicago Tribune, has resigned after 29...
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Threatening Obamacare in a pandemicJul 01, 2020 1:00 am - Maybe it's because he resents his predecessor's popularity, especially as his plummets to record lows. Or maybe he is just so clueless and in such a state of denial that...