Columns
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A conservative cry from the heartSep 14, 2016 1:00 am - Elements of the American right are seized with a fashionable despair, employed as a get-out-the-vote operation. "I think this will be the last election if I don't win," ...
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Glenbard West's Brodner keeping up family traditionSep 14, 2016 1:00 am - It is obvious - fortunately not painfully obvious - Hannah Brodner can hold her own on a volleyball court and in her own backyard. The kid sister of two Division I footb...
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Daily Herald Business Ledger friends -Sep 14, 2016 1:00 am - We live in a fast-paced, competitive suburban market. Competition can be good - it helps drive us, whether in sports, the workplace or the hospitality industry. Meeting...
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New La Grange restaurant fulfills career goalSep 14, 2016 1:00 am - Chef Grant Slauterbeck, who has spent his career in the restaurant management industry assisting others open various venues, has reached his ultimate goal in launching h...
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Big Rock Plowing Match a tradition for Batavia familySep 13, 2016 11:00 pm - Nineteen years ago, I sat across from Carla Kemp, my first editor with the Daily Herald and learned about writing a community column. Since I had spent the previous seve...
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Imrem: Chicago Cubs' crafty Hendricks renders hitters powerlessSep 13, 2016 5:01 pm - Kyle Hendricks isn't the type of pitcher that baseball fans flock to the ballpark to watch. Too bad for them because the Chicago Cubs right-hander nearly pitched a no-hi...
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Naperville native composes music for animated movies, TVSep 13, 2016 5:40 am - He laughs about it now, but Michael Kramer had a teacher at Naperville Central High School who tried talking him out of a career as a Hollywood music composer. It will b...
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North: Chicago Bears made big mistake keeping CutlerSep 13, 2016 5:19 am - Let's be straight up about Jay Cutler and the Chicago Bears and ask the key questions. Should Cutler have been signed to a seven-year extension for more than $126 milli...
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As PGA season ends, Streelman joins Urlacher on TV seriesSep 13, 2016 1:01 am - Another PGA Tour season ended for Wheaton's Kevin Streelman and Luke Donald, the former Northwestern star, at Sunday's BMW Championship in Indiana. Both failed to quali...
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Lack of candor dogs Clinton even when she has a chance for praiseSep 13, 2016 1:00 am - NEW YORK - Frank Luntz, the Republican political consultant, is a master of the political epigram. Under his tutelage the estate tax became the death tax and global warm...