Columns
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Jim O'Donnell: Olympics snub should be the pause that refreshes for Caitlin ClarkJun 15, 2024 11:16 am - CAITLIN CLARK NEEDS ANOTHER BASKETBALL SPOTLIGHT likes Taylor Swift needs another standing ovation. Both have had transcendent 2023-24 campaigns. If genders must be p...
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Officials decry census’ population loss estimates in Northwest suburbsJun 14, 2024 10:32 pm - Recently released estimates from the U.S. Census Bureau showing significant population declines among several Northwest Cook County towns. The federal agency is estimating a drop of more than 4% of the residents in nearly a dozen towns located in the Cook County panhandle between 2020 and 2023.
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Australia’s importance growing in contest with ChinaJun 14, 2024 4:00 pm - Outside Sydney Australia, a major development is unfolding. A nondescript building will house the first factory outside the United States to build the Lockheed Martin Gui...
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Checking in with IHSA Executive Director Craig AndersonJun 14, 2024 6:00 am - It’s time for a year-end check-in with IHSA Executive Director Craig Anderson.
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Hunter Biden is guilty. But you knew thatJun 14, 2024 4:00 am - Syndicated columnist Debra J. Saunders:
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Dundee-Crown loses a legend with passing of former wrestling coach Al ZinkeJun 13, 2024 6:00 am - Dundee-Crown’s hall of fame wrestling coach, Al Zinke, died June 9 at 73.
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Eberflus needs to have team prepared for start of season this yearJun 13, 2024 6:00 am - As I walked into my first Matt Eberflus training camp last year, I was excited to see a young team show it was ready to grind to get better. After all, Eberflus preaches ...
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Wandering down rabbit holes to understand the mathematics of governmentJun 13, 2024 4:00 am - Columnist Jim Slusher: There are many difficult assignments in a newsroom, all with their own distinct challenges and discomforts. But the assignment facing our tax watchdog Jake Griffin must surely rank high among the most formidable.
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RFK Jr. does not belong on debate stageJun 12, 2024 3:35 pm - Syndicated columnist Susan Estrich: With the deadline quickly approaching for him to qualify for the June CNN presidential debate, RFK Jr. has yet to meet the commonsense qualifications that CNN has set for participants. Which is at it should be. He doesn't belong on the stage.
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Syndicagted columnist Veronique de Rugy:Jun 12, 2024 3:30 pm - No matter what President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump promise you, and no matter its past as the untouchable “third rail” of American politics, Social Secu...