Columns
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Movie review: Disney's visually enticing 'Nutcracker' lacks dramatic crunchNov 01, 2018 6:00 am - “The Nutcracker and the Four Realms” - ★ ★ ½ Walt Disney's music-filled early holiday gift, “The Nutcracker and the Four Realms,” feels like a big-budget, large-studio s...
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Movie review: Horror film 'Monster Party' shocking - and awe-ful funnyNov 01, 2018 6:00 am - "Monster Party" - ★ ★ ★ Do you really want to know how horribly comic this horror movie can get? A sleazy guy gives one of those slow, sarcastic claps to young Iris (Vir...
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Priceless reward for Antioch-Lakes winner Saturday: quarterfinal berthNov 01, 2018 1:00 am - Right now, it's a simple $8 plaque. But the head football coaches at both Antioch and Lakes agree that their annual rivalry game each year is worth a better, more creati...
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Mentally and physically, Barrington excited for its next challengeNov 01, 2018 1:00 am - When the Barrington football team lost three straight games in the middle of the season, the Broncos could have panicked and started doubting themselves. After all, this...
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Feder: Will front-runner emerge in bid to takeover Tribune publishing?Nov 01, 2018 1:00 am - Michael Sacks, a prominent Chicago businessman and top donor to Mayor Rahm Emanuel, could emerge today as the front-runner to take control of the Chicago Tribune's paren...
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Finally, a day of reckoning for Michael Avenatti?Nov 01, 2018 1:00 am - By Byron York Michael Avenatti, the lawyer for porn star Stormy Daniels and a 2020 Democratic presidential hopeful, jumped into the Brett Kavanaugh Supreme Court confirm...
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Feder: Nothing funny about Sun-Times shrinking comicsNov 01, 2018 1:00 am - Edwin Eisendrath, who abruptly resigned as CEO of the Chicago Sun-Times Wednesday, isn't the only thing missing from the newspaper today. About half its comics and its d...
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Slow down as we age? Not necessarilyOct 31, 2018 11:00 pm - What do you plan to do when you're 75? A friend of mine seems to have no problem answering that question. There's teaching at a major university, writing a book, working...
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Meet the fifth-graders who started a newspaper at H.C. Storm Elementary in BataviaOct 31, 2018 11:00 pm - Four young writers believe that facts matter. That's why the students who write the 5J Newspaper at H.C. Storm School in Batavia take great care in researching each and ...
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A kernel of wisdom on alternatives to popcornOct 31, 2018 11:00 pm - Even after four decades of writing columns for various publications on various topics, it is difficult to develop a sixth sense for what types of comments or topics woul...