Columns
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Educators must embrace AI as a supplemental learning toolMay 22, 2024 4:00 am - When the 2024 spring semester ended earlier this month, I found myself thinking more about how technology is changing college classrooms. The traditional lecture that my...
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What’s keeping the Bulls from playoffs? Here’s a reminder.May 21, 2024 6:00 am - New names have reached NBA’s conference finals. What’s holding the Bulls back? Here’s a reminder.
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Diners and AIMay 20, 2024 12:17 pm - Artificial Intelligence is a huge concern among people in my business because first of all, we think we're gonna lose our jobs, plus we think AI will produce mediocre wri...
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The World's — and the Pacific Rim's — Disastrous Population ImplosionMay 20, 2024 12:11 pm - Will the world be better off with fewer people? For years that has been a hypothetical question posed to suggest an affirmative answer. Fewer people, it was claimed, woul...
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The lesson of Harrison Butker: Take words seriously, not kickersMay 19, 2024 5:06 pm - I’m sure I should be more upset about Harrison Butker, but he’s just a kicker. He’s not even a very influential member of his own team. He deserves a merely proportional...
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Cleared-for-takeoff O’Hare modernization program will boost our economyMay 19, 2024 6:00 am - O’Hare International Airport is critical to the competitive strength of our businesses and the productivity of our workers. O’Hare is the “most connected airport” in the ...
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State’s reliance on income taxes doubled over past 20 yearsMay 18, 2024 10:00 pm - Illinois has only been collecting an income tax for 55 of the state’s 206-year history, but it could soon account for more than 60% of the state’s general fund revenue. T...
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Lincicome: It’s up to Clark, WNBA to make the most of her popularityMay 18, 2024 3:07 pm - Curiosity has a short shelf life, so by the time basketball novelty Caitlin Clark arrives hereabouts we shall know what we already suspect, that being just another player...
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Jim O’Donnell: Among the May daze, the Bears to AP won’t go away — but will Caleb mania?May 18, 2024 2:48 pm - WHILE ANXIOUSLY WAITING to move on from the 100-1 win bet on Akshay Bhatia — who didn't make the cut at this weekend's PGA Championship — a merry mid-May roundup of s...
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Why no politician can ‘fix’ prices (and why that’s OK)May 18, 2024 10:04 am - Prices are threads stitching together the fabric of our economy. They guide countless producers, here and abroad, to meet the most urgent demands of countless consumers. ...