Columns
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Prairie FireMar 22, 2026 4:00 am - Syndicated columnist Marc Munroe Dion: Somewhere inside every American male is the idea that we could be a cowboy, or a gunfighter, or an honest homesteader in his sod house, battling locusts and drought and blizzards.
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Fact vs. fiction on Medicaid and the wealth taxMar 22, 2026 4:00 am - Syndicated columnist Veronique de Rugy:
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O'Donnell: Pearl is drawing attention to the seamier side of NCAA basketballMar 21, 2026 3:30 pm - Jim O’Donnell: Bruce Pearl’s deeper history with the NCAA makes him a most curious choice to be a prime face of an annual event that still tries to sell its core wholesomeness.
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Trailer plant expected to bring 2,500 jobs to Will CountyMar 20, 2026 11:00 am - Hyundai Translead will set up two trailer manufacturing facilities in Will County, Gov. JB Pritzker’s office said this week. Hyundai Translead will make a $450 million in...
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Loud silence: While Washington dithers, Ukrainians wait for the missilesMar 20, 2026 4:00 am - Syndicated columnist Jeff Robbins: That Ukraine has held its ground against Russia's numerically superior armies and clawed back territory seized from it is a testament to its people's courage and resilience, and to Europe's willingness to fill part of the gap left by the United States as part of Trump's pro-Russian, anti-Ukrainian tilt.
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Political parties on perilous groundMar 20, 2026 4:00 am - Syndicated columnist Michael Barone: As Donald Trump's Republicans look askance as he launches what looks to some like another long-term war in the Middle East, and as the anti-Trump Democrats hold up Homeland Security funding in what looks to some like prioritizing illegal immigrants over U.S. citizens, one is tempted to ask, what's going on with America's political parties?
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Schmit: Too little, too late? Let the shot clock era beginMar 19, 2026 2:00 pm - Kevin Schmit: It’s arriving too late for Benet’s 2025-26 boys team, but we’re finally embarking upon the shot clock era in IHSA basketball.
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Exploring the ‘realm of nearly’ on the road to NovemberMar 19, 2026 12:50 pm - Columnist Jim Slusher: I hope you will reflect on what the primary elections have shown us about the role of political messaging and the means of its delivery in the selection of candidates. On that theme, I have some preliminary observations.
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Our civilian-military bond is crackedMar 19, 2026 10:19 am - Syndicated columnist Salena Zito:
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Only 23 years old, Nutt claims Bassmaster Classic victoryMar 19, 2026 9:00 am - It was another exciting Bassmaster Classic. Dylan Nutt, 23, took the lead on Saturday and cruised to victory after the third day. That wasn’t a misprint, by the way. Nutt is only 23 years old.