Columns
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O’Donnell: Tony Romo is already again weakening CBS/NFL coverageSep 13, 2025 10:54 am - Tony Romo isn’t giving CBS its money’s worth on broadcasts of NFL games, writes columnist Jim O’Donnell.
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Lincicome: Around here we celebrate old warriors and wish we could celebrate the presentSep 13, 2025 10:00 am - Nostalgia is a cruel mistress, both reliable and regrettable, proof of better times and a source of persistent anguish for present misery. Yesterday glows brighter than today and more confident than tomorrow.
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Under emergency rule, prisons begin scanning physical mailSep 13, 2025 4:00 am - The Illinois Department of Corrections has enacted an emergency rule change to prevent contraband from entering its prisons through letters and books sent to people in pr...
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What the immigration raids are aboutSep 13, 2025 4:00 am - Syndicated columnist Byron York: If the Biden years proved anything, it is that there have to be consequences for entering the United States illegally. If there are no consequences, the flow of illegal crossers will get bigger and bigger and bigger.
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Schwarz: Illini are playing a whole new ballgame under athletic director Josh WhitmanSep 12, 2025 5:54 pm - Tuesday’s announcement of a $100 million gift from alumnus Larry Gies to rename Illinois’ football stadium shows how the athletic program has changed in Champaign.
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Tom Hanks is canceled and Donald Trump applaudsSep 12, 2025 4:00 am - Syndicated columnist Keith Raffel: Donald Trump's post-election revenge tour: starving enemies of security, ransacking the free press, and weaponizing lawsuits to "make their lives miserable.
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Can local football teams continue surprise success?Sep 11, 2025 4:31 pm - Aurora Central Catholic, Elgin and Metea Valley are just a few of the local teams enjoying early success this football season.
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Silvy: The Bears need Caleb Williams to be better at quarterbackSep 11, 2025 6:00 am - Caleb Williams’ performance Monday night against the Vikings wasn’t good enough, writes columnist Marc Silverman. It’s a tricky balance of being concerned without going overboard after one game.
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Britain, land of the unfreeSep 11, 2025 4:00 am - Syndicated columnist Michael Barone: When the Irish comedian Graham Linehan arrived at London Heathrow Airport recently, he was greeted by five armed British police officers who arrested him for — get this — three rude tweets.
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Memory, meaning and the pursuit of magicSep 11, 2025 4:00 am - Columnist Jim Slusher: The number 24 may not be special in itself, but on this anniversary of the 9/11 attacks, we are reminded that what matters is not simply that we remember. It is how we carry the memories forward in our daily lives