Columns
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With nearly 70 combined offers, Taylor and Mueller close in on decision dayApr 24, 2025 6:40 pm - Carmel sophomore quarterback Trae Taylor and South Elgin junior tight end Gavin Mueller -- two of the state’s top football recruits -- are closing in on their college committments.
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Taking our traffic conversations beyond simple complainingApr 24, 2025 4:00 am - Columnist Jim Slusher: Sick of traffic jams? Meet the woman who knows all the insider tricks to help you get around Chicagoland faster.
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Disappeared: A court warns America that its values are slipping awayApr 24, 2025 4:00 am - Syndicated columnist Jeff Robbins: The Trump administration's refusal to comply with court orders to facilitate return of wrongly deported immigrant threatens the rule of law.
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How Henderson overcame autism to become a nationally ranked junior bass fishermanApr 23, 2025 7:33 pm - Robbie “Goose” Henderson, a junior at Wauconda High School, is rated among the nation’s top junior bass fishers.
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Bears Hall of Famer Steve McMichael was a ‘wild child’ who loved football — and lifeApr 23, 2025 6:39 pm - The irony of Steve McMichael’s life is that it was stopped short, yet he got more out of 67 years than an entire team could. The Pro Football Hall of Famer died from complications of ALS on Wednesday.
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Branches of history: Celebrate Arbor Day with a timeline of historic trees in the U.S.Apr 23, 2025 11:40 am - Prior to Earth Day showing up on the April calendar, Arbor Day was, and still is, celebrated on the fourth Friday in April. Trees, especially oaks, played a role in our country’s history long before they got a day of their own.
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Sarley: Bears stories will take the place of fish stories this weekApr 23, 2025 10:45 am - I know I said I’d finish the story about the most memorable fish I ever caught, but with the NFL draft this week, I couldn’t resist sharing this story. I’ll come back to the fish story next week.
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Local independent restaurants tell a storyApr 23, 2025 9:11 am - In the first four months this year, I have been to 11 states, 20 cities and three countries, and wherever travel I ask the same question: “Can you recommend your favorite local restaurant?”
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Milk Street’s latest cookbook an adventure through Italy’s back roads and kitchensApr 23, 2025 5:55 am - “Milk Street: Backroads Italy” is the rare cookbook you will want to read from cover to cover. In it, Christopher Kimball and J. M. Hirsch crisscross Italy, visiting farms, local markets, hole-in-the-wall trattorias, and home kitchens to interview cooks, eat their food and share their recipes.
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Doing the right thingApr 23, 2025 4:00 am - Syndicated columnist Susan Estrich: Doing the right thing isn't easy when you have a would-be dictator and a squad of political terrorists threatening you. That's what these people really are, and they are frankly scary.