Columns
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Who's drowning out your voice?Jan 19, 2024 5:49 pm - Jan. 21 is the 14th anniversary of the U.S. Supreme Court’s Citizens United decision to allow unlimited spending by corporations on electioneering communications. We all ...
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The circus of congressional hearingsJan 19, 2024 4:51 pm - Hunter Biden leaves a House Oversight Committee markup on Wednesday, Jan. 10, as they consider a resolution to hold him in contempt of Congress for defying a subpoena las...
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Reform Medicare Advantage practicesJan 19, 2024 4:50 pm - Despite its name, “Medicare Advantage” (MA) is not an advantage for seniors and people with disabilities. It’s not even the same Medicare program that Americans have come...
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Six state police vehicles hit in a week serves as reminder of Scott’s LawJan 19, 2024 11:56 am - Between the foot of snow that fell in some areas and the bitter cold that turned all that precipitation icy, it was a rough holiday weekend on Illinois' roads. That was e...
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Demotion to Rockford might do Reichel some goodJan 18, 2024 8:35 pm - Chicago Blackhawks GM Kyle Davidson and coach Luke Richardson should seriously consider sending struggling forward Lukas Reichel to Rockford, writes John Dietz.
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Encouraging distinctions and the misnamed ‘good ole days’Jan 18, 2024 6:48 pm - Among other topics, I like to read history, especially American history, and one of the dominant lessons this has taught me is how misguided we often are in our remembran...
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Explaining Trump’s big winJan 18, 2024 1:38 pm - Even though it was the first time Republicans had voted in this presidential contest, there was a last-stand mentality in Iowa among those who hoped to stop former Presid...
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‘Free media' for Trump feels like 2016 againJan 18, 2024 1:29 pm - When The Associated Press called Monday's Iowa caucus for Donald Trump around 5:30 p.m. Pacific -- a half-hour into the voting and before many Iowa Republicans had cast t...
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Schaumburg’s Starkey shows she’s a natural on the lanesJan 18, 2024 6:03 am - When Abby Starkey began bowling, it was mainly because her mother, Beth, just wanted to get the kids out of the house. It’s clear, though, the Schaumburg girl was a natur...
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Jim O’Donnell: Would Harbaugh’s Falcons fix the Fields dilemma at Halas Hall?Jan 18, 2024 6:00 am - THEY'RE STARTING TO GET a little twitchy down in Atlanta, and the vibrations could help quickly flip the muddled QB Etch-a-Sketch to “clean” in Lake Forest. Jim H...