Columns
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Facts Matter: No truth to claim Smollett was offered job at CNNFeb 23, 2019 12:00 am - A recent story that actor Jussie Smollett was offered a job as an investigative reporter for CNN is false, according to Snopes.com. The article was published by satirica...
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Despite several setbacks, UIC's Northern stays positiveFeb 23, 2019 12:00 am - Somehow, Miki Northern keeps putting herself back together again. Like a real-life Humpty Dumpty. Northern, a senior gymnast at UIC, returned to gymnastics after ruptur...
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Grammar Moses: Of marcescence and Socratic debateFeb 23, 2019 12:00 am - One of the reasons my wife and I rarely get sick of one another is that we are both intensely curious and we both enjoy a good discussion of logic. One of us will come u...
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Supplements, diet changes can help with rheumatoid arthritisFeb 22, 2019 10:00 pm - Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is the most common autoimmune disease affecting about 1 percent of the population. Although tremendous improvements in treating RA have been m...
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Newer low-flow toilets are the choice for replacementsFeb 22, 2019 5:00 am - Q. Our old master bathroom toilet does not flush well and we are thinking about adding a first-floor half bath. What are the best types of toilets to get for each room a...
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Aurora police response strategy - go right in, right away - goes back to ColumbineFeb 22, 2019 4:25 am - After hearing reports of gunfire and injuries at the Henry Pratt Co. facility in Aurora last Friday, the first police officers to arrive at the scene rushed right into t...
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Our political identity needs to be American firstFeb 22, 2019 12:00 am - There's identity - and then there's identity politics. The difference between them may well be the crux of our next presidential election. Identity is, obviously, who w...
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Endless wars demand notice among presidential candidatesFeb 22, 2019 12:00 am - By Georgie Anne Geyer In his State of the Union address, President Trump, who is admittedly not given to eloquent or self-reflective musings, voiced an odd phrase that s...
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How to divide chore list with new husbandFeb 21, 2019 10:00 pm - Q. I am extremely Type A - organized, motivated, mind always on. I am also very particular about things around the house, an unfortunate trait I inherited from one of my...
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Her family heirlooms were mistakenly donated to Goodwill. Two strangers helped her get them back.Feb 21, 2019 4:30 am - By Burt Constable During their four generations as political heavyweights in Geneva, the ancestors of Laura Carlson Spencer got out the vote for every Republican candida...