Columns
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May they one day be making movies about Williams, set in a great new stadiumApr 28, 2024 6:00 am - Whenever I see artistic renderings of wonderful new stadiums or see overpraised new Bears quarterbacks, I think of the troop inspection scene from “The Dirty Dozen” when ...
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Jim O'Donnell: McBears splinter into two parts — Poles forward, Warren lost at seaApr 28, 2024 6:00 am - A CREATIVE LYRICIST COULD TWEAK IN a few contemporary lines to the classic “Bear Down, Chicago Bears.” They might go a little something like this: “We'll never forget...
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The value of traveling to the state Capitol for small business advocatesApr 28, 2024 5:08 am - Each year the Small Business Advocacy Council travels to Springfield, advocates for legislation that supports the small business community and reminds politicians that sm...
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Stop the 'Emergency Spending' Charade AlreadyApr 28, 2024 4:00 am - This week, Congress moved closer to passing four separate bills with $95 billion in funding for Ukraine, Israel, Indo-Pacific allies and the domestic submarine industrial...
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The shrinking of Donald TrumpApr 28, 2024 4:00 am - The one thing you could always say about Donald Trump was that he was “big.” He commanded the stage. His vigor — or the appearance of vigor — made him appear younger than...
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Grammar Moses: So long, farewell, auf Wiedersehen, good nightApr 27, 2024 11:10 am - Stick a fork in me, dear readers. I’m done. Parting is such sweet sorrow, but after a decade of writing this column and four times as long (not four times longer) employe...
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Hoping for more NFL draft celebrations in the suburbsApr 26, 2024 6:00 am - The suburbs are sure to see some celebrations this weekend as local football players are drafted into the NFL.
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Trump faces 34 felonies at trial, but was there a crime?Apr 26, 2024 4:00 am - I can't tell you how many people I know who do not like former President Donald Trump yet nonetheless smell prosecutorial overreach in Manhattan. District Attorney Alvin ...
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Elitism and arrogance threaten a backlash against DemocratsApr 26, 2024 4:00 am - “Trouble in River City” goes the famous line in “The Music Man,” one of America's best-loved musicals, set in the fictional town of River City, Iowa, meant to represent t...
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‘A heart as big as the outdoors’: MacDougall to be inducted into COD Athletic Hall of FameApr 25, 2024 6:00 am - Matt Foster first met Bob MacDougall at a College of DuPage football camp when Foster was still a student at Wheaton Central High School.