Columns
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Caring importing when offering criticismOct 12, 2016 11:00 pm - Editor's note: This column is the second in a two-part series. Last week we talked about what it's like to be on the receiving end of criticism. We saw six common ways ...
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Asian carp: If you can't beat 'em ... eat 'em?Oct 12, 2016 10:05 am - I have eaten some very diverse wild foods. From arctic whale blubber to New England sand eels, tulibee, smoked and broiled burbot, smoked white sucker and New Zealand wh...
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Engineers bring da Vinci's catapult to Arlington Heights libraryOct 12, 2016 6:00 am - A rare chance to glimpse into the world of Leonardo da Vinci's genius mind exists this month on the main floor of the Arlington Heights Memorial Library. No, not one of ...
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Lean and lovin' it: Keeping it lean for 24 years nowOct 12, 2016 6:00 am - Today Lean and lovin' it celebrates its 24th anniversary. If you haven't been reading for long, you don't know that when this column began in 1992, it appeared every oth...
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Deadline dinners: Creating a nondiet dish in honor of Julia Child's birthdayOct 12, 2016 6:00 am - A while back, in honor of Julia's Child's birthday (she would have been 104 this year), I created a dish that embodies one of her many excellent sayings: "The only time ...
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How Cook County Board members keep legal opinions secretOct 12, 2016 5:15 am - After hours of debate last week over Cook County's ordinance requiring paid sick leave, some commissioners were wondering why they were just then receiving months-old le...
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Klein Tools working hard to help electriciansOct 12, 2016 1:00 am - Klein Tools, a family-owned company in Lincolnshire is investing another $2 million to train the next generation of electrical workers. The company announced it is c...
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Trump files for moral bankruptcyOct 12, 2016 1:00 am - By Richard Cohen Over the weekend, Donald J. Trump did what he always does when things go south for him. He walked away. He announced he is not the man at 70 he had been...
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America is selectively rediscovering its virtueOct 12, 2016 1:00 am - It should surprise no one that this presidential election - the first to involve a female nominee from a major party in the top spot - has devolved into a contest of man...
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Akinosun goes to head of Waubonsie Hall classOct 12, 2016 1:00 am - In August Morolake Akinosun won Olympic gold, receiving the medal for her work with the United States' women's 400-meter relay in Rio de Janeiro. On Friday she'll be ind...