Columns
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Jim O'Donnell: Caitlin Clark and women's volleyball can't save a tedious year in sportsDec 31, 2023 6:00 am - SHOULD AULD ACQUAINTANCE BE FORGOT, 2023 – the year in sports media – isn't very far behind. The passwords were: “banalities” and “redundant.” Rights fees have never ...
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Grammar Moses: Avoid cliches like the plagueDec 31, 2023 6:00 am - “When do idioms devolve into clichés?” Tom Connelly writes. Tom’s question is an interesting one. His verb choice hints at one of the main differences between the two: Id...
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Baseball Way Back: Jody Davis had a career to sing aboutDec 31, 2023 5:45 am - Jo-dee, Jo-dee Davis. He hits the ball so far. Jo-dee, Jo-dee Davis. He's a home run star. That's how I remember one of Harry Caray's many variations on the “Ballad ...
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With deadline looming, is public pension funding heading in the right direction?Dec 30, 2023 5:34 pm - Most public pension systems in Illinois are facing a looming deadline to reach a 90% funded ratio within a few decades. That’s required most employers to increase require...
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The pendulum shifts in CaliforniaDec 29, 2023 9:56 am - In 2020, after Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gascon won office with nearly 54% of the vote, advocates for so-called reforms in the criminal justice system c...
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‘The cameras have been good for us’: Mandated police body cameras a positive, but not a panaceaDec 29, 2023 5:30 am - When they gear up for their first shift of 2024, police officers in 30 Illinois municipalities — 20 of them suburbs — will be strapping on body-worn cameras not only in l...
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No wiggle room in determining Trump’s eligibility for presidencyDec 29, 2023 3:30 am - Over the years millions of American parents must have told their children, "In America, anyone can become president." Of course, that's not quite true. To become presiden...
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The politics of incumbent rejectionDec 28, 2023 8:41 am - At a time when voters have rejected the party of the incumbent president in the last two elections, and in which current polling has the incumbent trailing, both parties ...
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My Outdoors resolutions for 2024Dec 28, 2023 6:00 am - Happy New Year to you all. One of the hardest things to do at this time of year is making a list of resolutions for the new year. Even harder than that is keeping those r...
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Jim O'Donnell: Sean McDonough's on-air candor cut through Northwestern's bowl winDec 28, 2023 6:00 am - BEHIND THE PLAY-BY-PLAY VENEER of Sean McDonough are the heart and instincts of a quality journalist. Part of that is pedigree: For more than four decades, his father...