Columns
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Rozner: Chicago Cubs have graduated from cute and cuddlyFeb 17, 2017 12:00 am - After the way he managed the past two rounds of the postseason, it would be easy to forget the magic Joe Maddon has worked since arriving in Chicago. But at least one Ch...
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Down to the wire with Oscars and Gire as Academy Awards loomFeb 16, 2017 5:00 am - Movie Club predicts the Oscars twice more How will Denzel Washington's recent SAG award impact Casey Affleck's chances of winning the Best Actor Oscar? Will media backla...
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Constable: How NEA cut would hurt arts in suburbsFeb 16, 2017 4:10 am - By Burt Constable bconstable@dailyherald.com It's too early to say if the cost of protecting the president's properties in Florida and New York will eclipse the annual b...
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Lester: With state funds dwindling, a diaper ministry steps upFeb 16, 2017 4:00 am - While Illinois' budget impasse has blunted social services' reach, babies from needy families are still going through diapers at the same rate as before - up to 12 a day...
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Simpson brings starpower, coaching savvy to Grayslake CentralFeb 16, 2017 12:00 am - As soon as Maura Fitzgerald and her teammates could get to their phones, they were … Googling. Last summer, Grayslake Central girls basketball coach Steve Ikenn told his...
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Time for Trump to hit campaign trailFeb 16, 2017 12:00 am - President Trump's many critics say his young administration is a hot mess. His defenders say Trump has accomplished more in three weeks than many presidents do in years....
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Bannon before the fameFeb 16, 2017 12:00 am - I used to host a radio show with Steve Bannon. Yes, that Steve Bannon. It was a Catholic radio show, and we talked about life and faith and how you integrate the two. I...
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Is it depression or just the blues?Feb 15, 2017 10:00 pm - Editor's note: This is the first of two columns looking at depression. There are times when we all feel sad or down in the dumps. Like it or not, such feelings are a nor...
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Hersey alumna earns national honors from pharmacy groupFeb 15, 2017 10:00 pm - Marilyn Gaske, a 2010 graduate of John Hersey High School and third-year pharmacy student at the University of Illinois at Chicago, received the Good Government Student ...
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Imrem: No harm in questioning Maddon's movesFeb 15, 2017 4:01 pm - Within a couple of days last autumn, the perception of Chicago Cubs manager Joe Maddon's baseball intellect plunged from Einstein level to Einstein bagel level. In baseb...