Columns
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When being funny can hurt women at workJan 20, 2019 5:08 am - Women in leadership roles often get penalized when they're seen as acting too aggressive at work. They often walk a precarious tightrope, expected to act like a "leader"...
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With skill, determination and some lucky timing, it's never too late to find a new jobJan 20, 2019 5:00 am - Starting 2019 off right with a happy job-hunter's update. Longtime readers of this column may remember the librarian-turned-accountant who was over 50 and in despair aft...
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'It isn't nirvana': How four founders managed a four-day workweekJan 20, 2019 5:00 am - The four-day workweek is hardly new: The "compressed workweek" has been a flexible work arrangement for years. Management gurus have proposed the idea since at least 197...
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St. Charles boy and his pony star in documentary premiering at ArcadaJan 20, 2019 5:00 am - For most of his life with Down syndrome, 8-year-old Josh Martin of St. Charles was frightened by animals, especially horses — to the point he would cry just being near o...
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New roof affecting forced-air systemJan 20, 2019 5:00 am - Q. Last year we replaced our tar-and-gravel roof with asphalt shingles, and the strangest thing happened after that. Whenever we have hot weather, the forced-air furnace...
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Zakaeria: EU is great idea gone awryJan 20, 2019 12:00 am - By FAREED ZAKARIA NEW YORK - As we watch Britain going through the paroxysms relating to Brexit, it is easy to view its decision to leave the European Union as an act of...
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Parker: House balances between brash new energy and veteran PelosiJan 20, 2019 12:00 am - By KATHLEEN PARKER WASHINGTON - As the new freshman class of congressional women bopped, hopped and doo-wopped into town, old sourpusses smirked - they'll meet reality s...
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Are we missing a bet on older workers?Jan 20, 2019 12:00 am - The headline on a Jan. 8 New York Times story blared "I Am (an Older) Woman. Hear me Roar." The subhead listed 78-year old Nancy Pelosi, Speaker of the U.S. House of Rep...
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Rozner: Cubs' Baez thinking bigger, better in 2019Jan 20, 2019 12:00 am - With a week to go in the 2018 season, Javy Baez was the National League MVP. Perhaps hanging on by a thread, he was still on top. The Brewers' Christian Yelich was charg...
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The effects of chronic stress can damage your bodyJan 19, 2019 6:30 am - Almost all of my adult patients mention that their stress and fatigue are significant. Given the current state of stress in our lives, who could blame them? Many are d...