Columns
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Giving thanks for birds and birding in generalNov 18, 2024 12:11 pm - Birds give us so much, enriching our lives almost every day when we take time to notice. This is my Thankful List, and just like any other list involving birds, it’s sure to grow.
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Buffalo Grove’s Santiago continues to make waves at Southern IllinoisNov 18, 2024 6:00 am - College Achievers: Buffalo Grove product Alex Santiago is setting more swimming records at Southern Illinois University.
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‘Edgy Tim’ Local NFL players took different recruiting routesNov 18, 2024 6:00 am - ‘Edgy’ Tim: Local NFL players took different recruiting journeys on their way to reaching the ultimate goal.
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To the Latino community on Trump's electionNov 18, 2024 4:00 am - I knew my Aunt Lupita had gone right-wing. My aunt who in the ‘80s urged us go without grapes, (“las uvas — César Chávez said not to eat them!” And then Reagan eating the...
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Jim O'Donnell: Bob Costas says Bob Costas ain't done yetNov 16, 2024 5:14 pm - Few sportscasters-plus of the past half century can come near Bob Costas for excellence, versatility and once upon a time, imbuing so many events and programming hours with a new sort of fresh energy. He recently retired, but Costas says he is still keeping his hand in the game.
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Lincicome: Poster-doofus Eberflus latest in long line of Bears coaching failuresNov 16, 2024 4:52 pm - Bears coach Matt Ebeflus should have been fired after last season. He could not figure out how to develop a raw talent like Justin Fields, so why expect him to grow a consensus better one in Williams? Now he is the pinata at the party, hanging around, awaiting the inevitable swat.
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Population decline and its implications for the futureNov 16, 2024 2:00 pm - This past August, I wrote a column about a 1974 Saturday Review issue that assembled a group of luminaries to forecast what America and the world would be like 50 years h...
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Playin' it safe: One writer's guide to cowardiceNov 16, 2024 2:00 pm - As an enemy of the people, or “journalist” as we were called in the pre-Trumpian eras of light, I am at some risk of being silenced. How soon? Well, that depends on how m...
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50 years of IHSA playoff football: Stevenson’s 2014 roller coaster ride to its first titleNov 15, 2024 6:00 am - Celebrating 50 years of IHSA playoff football: How Stevenson survived a season-long roller coaster ride to win its first state title.
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New hope? Sez UsNov 15, 2024 4:00 am - Syndicated columnist Susan Estrich: