Columns
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Grammar Moses: Is it me you dislike or the way I write?Jul 10, 2016 7:00 am - Your exposure to gerunds is probably similar to mine and just as limited. Oversimplified, a gerund is a word that looks like a verb but acts like a noun. There is a good...
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Our children don't need to be just like usJul 10, 2016 6:00 am - If I'm not careful, my son is going to have to live two lives. The first will be for himself: exploring his own interests and talents, living out his own dreams and hop...
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Roof's leak issues may warrant a day in courtJul 10, 2016 5:00 am - Q. I look forward to reading your column in The Daily Herald every Sunday, as I have found it to be very interesting and informative. In October 2006, I had the existing...
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Mortgage trumps divorce agreementJul 10, 2016 5:00 am - Q. My ex and I were divorced about five years ago. There was no money in the house and he wanted to stay so I happily left. I was still on the mortgage so he promised ...
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When life insurance is like a good lottery ticketJul 10, 2016 1:00 am - Q: My SGLI premium - Serviceman Group Life Insurance - is due to increase soon when I turn 70. I am trying to figure out if I should continue or drop the $200,000 policy...
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America's killing fieldsJul 10, 2016 1:00 am - Horror. Shock. Disbelief. Numbness. Grief. Anger. And terrible sadness. These fractured thoughts were all I could muster upon waking Friday to news of the ambush on Da...
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Author provides thought gems to considerJul 10, 2016 1:00 am - I don't know Lee Eisenstaedt that well, but we have broken bread a few times and had several interesting conversations about business and management. He is founder and C...
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The triumph of cynicism in American politicsJul 10, 2016 1:00 am - "The most amazing thing about the 2016 elections," Roger Porter of Harvard's Kennedy School of Government told me, "is that we are likely to elect someone who close to t...
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Arlington Heights lawyer tough on outside, a Lego lover on the insideJul 10, 2016 1:00 am - While attorneys can often be tough when representing their client, they likely find stress relief after work by playing music or volunteering in the community. Susan Da...
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Rozner: When will all-star farce be fixed?Jul 10, 2016 1:00 am - In the dream, Ron Manfred steps to the podium and smiles. The commissioner of baseball says that while he understands the reason why his predecessor decided to take an e...