Columns
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Young and fearless give hope for protecting rights in IndiaJan 08, 2020 12:00 am - Until just a few days ago, it felt like a dark cloud had descended over India. Its secular past was a distant memory. A Hindu supremacist party, the BJP, led by Prime Mi...
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Feder: Ron Magers to receive DePaul's Distinguished Journalist AwardJan 08, 2020 12:00 am - Ron Magers, who retired in 2016 after a distinguished career as one of Chicago's all-time greatest news anchors, will be back in the spotlight to take a bow this spring,...
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Behind Bolton's decisionJan 08, 2020 12:00 am - Former national security adviser John Bolton shook up the Trump impeachment standoff recently with his announcement that, if subpoenaed, he is "prepared to testify" befo...
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Flurry of Fox players reach 1,000-point milestoneJan 08, 2020 12:00 am - Before the new year arrived, Fox Valley basketball players seemingly reached a scoring landmark on a daily basis. Here they are, those 1,000-point scorers all in one tid...
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Kaiser on the job at College of DuPageJan 08, 2020 12:00 am - There's a new chap with the Chaps. Monday was Day 1 at College of DuPage for Ryan Kaiser, the Chaparrals' first full-time athletic director since Greg McVey ended his br...
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Des Plaines church's Good News Garage gains traction after being featured on WGNJan 07, 2020 5:00 am - Frank Hauser of Mount Prospect experiences heartwarming stories of goodwill throughout the year, not just around the holidays. A retired certified master mechanic, Hause...
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Suburbs offered plenty of action in world of birds in 2019Jan 07, 2020 5:00 am - Welcome to Part 2 of my annual review of the top news of a feather, where the suburbs offered plenty of action in the world of birds. A misplaced spotted towhee located...
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Constable: Where do you go after being king at Medieval Times?Jan 07, 2020 4:00 am - Actor Dave Gordon of Bartlett started his professional theater career in 1981 as the jester in “The King's Manor,” Chicago's defunct but groundbreaking medieval dinner t...
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'Cancel culture' candidates don't make the cut in Democratic primaryJan 07, 2020 12:00 am - Former Housing and Urban Development Secretary Julian Castro announced last week that he was bowing out of the 2020 Democratic primary. The only reason to notice or care...
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Some thoughts on war worth remembering nowJan 07, 2020 12:00 am - Is anyone here old enough to remember the urgent warning issued in a speech to the National Convention of the Veterans of Foreign Wars in August 2002 by an American vice...