Columns
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The best thing Major League Baseball can do in October? Get right to itSep 28, 2024 4:19 pm - Preoccupied with the White Sox seeking a number that will live in infamy, or at least until the Sox break it next year, a few of us have allowed baseball’s second season ...
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The impact of abortion on the November electionSep 28, 2024 3:00 pm - When I was the chief editorial writer for this newspaper in the 1980s, we did not want to touch the issue of abortion if we could help it. The issue was divisive and emot...
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25 years and counting: How Working Bikes provides wheels to those in need locally and across the globeSep 28, 2024 9:01 am - Ever wonder how to route bikes from Mundelein to Malawi? Hampshire to Honduras? Lisle to Lesotho? Chicago-based nonprofit Working Bikes knows how to do just that, shipping over 9,000 used bikes last year.
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WIU hoping to end long losing streak, then keep climbingSep 27, 2024 4:32 pm - This week’s College Football Report focuses on Western Illinois, a successful program that’s fallen on hard times. The Leathernecks hope a conference switch can help end a long losing streak and start an uphill climb.
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50 years of IHSA playoff football: How the 1974 West Chicago Wildcats started it allSep 27, 2024 6:00 am - To celebrate the 50th season of IHSA playoff football, the Daily Herald is looking back at some of our best team. This week we look at the 1974 West Chicago Wildcats.
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Rose retires, but two lingering controversies remainSep 27, 2024 6:00 am - Derrick Rose announced his retirement after 15 NBA seasons on Thursday. Mike McGraw examines two Rose-related topics that still strike a nerve.
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Right and left both want to cancel books they don’t likeSep 27, 2024 4:00 am - Syndicated columnist Keith Raffel:
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The blame gameSep 27, 2024 4:00 am - Syndicated columnist Susan Estrich:
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‘I’m just a storyteller’: Meet the St. Charles retiree turned murder mystery authorSep 27, 2024 3:30 am - Glynn Amburgey of St. Charles has written three murder mysteries since retiring from his job at the city of St. Charles in 2012.
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How a Grayslake man found serenity in the forest preservesSep 26, 2024 4:55 pm - Jonathan Glenner, diagnosed with bipolar disorder, has found peace and serenity during his daily walks in the Lake County Forest Preserves.