Columns
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Doomsday predictions over tax cuts have not come trueJun 15, 2018 6:00 am - WASHINGTON - What if Congress passed a massive tax bill with scary cutbacks in deductions for homeowners - prompting dire predictions of mass property-value declines - b...
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Trump backer to sign thieves: Just pay up to avoid prosecutionJun 15, 2018 5:30 am - Last week, with a high-stakes summit with North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un on the horizon and plenty of news coverage in the Daily Herald and elsewhere about an "Impeac...
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Copper pipes are not old but still leakingJun 15, 2018 5:00 am - Q. My house is only 15 years old, but the copper water lines already have green spots, and some of these spots are leaking. I thought copper pipes were supposed to be co...
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Feder: Sun-Times sells Chicago Reader to African-American groupJun 15, 2018 1:00 am - The Chicago Reader, the city's leading alternative weekly for 47 years, has been sold to a group led by Dorothy Leavell, publisher of the African-American Chicago Crusad...
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Feder: Tariffs on newsprint threaten Illinois newspapersJun 15, 2018 1:00 am - The future of more than 450 daily and weekly newspapers throughout Illinois may be in jeopardy because of a tariff that could raise the price of Canadian newsprint by as...
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Guest columnist: Rigors of Ramadan take a physical toll, but have lasting benefitsJun 15, 2018 1:00 am - I am an experienced physician who has learned to keep personal feelings in check when interacting with patients and families. But that afternoon, the tears came out with...
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On North Korea, a president who tried something differentJun 15, 2018 1:00 am - Reaction to President Trump's summit with North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un has broken down along the usual Trump-anti-Trump divisions. The truth is, it will take a whil...
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A primer on pollinators, and why we should protect themJun 14, 2018 11:00 pm - What would shortcake be without strawberries? A BLT without tomatoes? A margarita without tequila? Halloween without pumpkins? This is what our world would be like witho...
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To drink or not on trip with friend in recoveryJun 14, 2018 11:00 pm - Q. I have a friend I have known since high school who has recently been in recovery for drinking. He is about six weeks into an outpatient system and has been doing well...
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'Tag' loses laughs in sloppily written comedyJun 14, 2018 6:00 am - 'Tag' loses laughs in sloppily written comedy