Columns
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Let's kill cancerSep 30, 2025 2:45 am - There are few things in life more terrifying than a cancer diagnosis, as any victim of this horrible disease will tell you. So let's kill cancer before it kills us. This ...
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Who had the area’s top prep football performances in Week 5?Sep 29, 2025 5:28 pm - This edition of the High Five looks at the area’s top prep football performances in Week 5.
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Facts on fungi: A look at 3 common native speciesSep 29, 2025 10:08 am - Stillman Nature Center’s Mark Spreyer takes a look at three common native fungi.
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‘Edgy’ Tim O’Halloran: Getting a live look at some great prep football playersSep 28, 2025 4:44 pm - Recruiting analyst “Edgy” Tim O’Halloran writes about the many high-level prep football players from the area he watched in person last weekend.
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Facts Matter: Trump shared video clip with false claims on Truth SocialSep 28, 2025 4:00 am - In this Facts Matter column, Bob Oswald looks at a video clip shared by President Donald Trump, inaccurate reporting on Charlie Kirk tributes and a fake misspelling.
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Democratic Party isolation is getting worseSep 27, 2025 2:00 pm - We Americans, it seems, continue to live in two separate countries. Consider two items in the news this week and the inconsistent responses they evoked. One was the convi...
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Why Illinois needs to reform its tax policySep 27, 2025 2:00 pm - Gov. Pritzker just issued an executive order that, among other things, requires state agencies to identify cuts totaling 4% of their current year appropriations. Pritzker...
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Congress takes steps to help restore dignity of work in IllinoisSep 27, 2025 12:52 pm - For too long, government policies have made it too easy not to work, stifling people’s growth, confidence and ability to prosper. It also has limited the labor pool for businesses.
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O’Donnell: All Bears aside, Cubs set to act out season atop Chicago sports marqueeSep 27, 2025 10:00 am - Craig Counsell and the Cubs have as few as two — maybe three — performances on their biggest stage yet to complete 2025 drama.
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Lincicome: The Cubs will celebrate again, and this season tooSep 27, 2025 10:00 am - Having rehearsed their celebration already, the Cubs have the photos and the stained laundry to prove that whatever happens next, the season wasn’t half bad, although it was only half good when you look at where the Cubs were once and where they are now. As Rick may have told Ilsa, they will always have Pittsburgh.