Columns
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Just among us friends, some words about news principlesMay 15, 2024 8:00 pm - You might think it goes without saying, but just in case it doesn’t, let me say it. The way David Pecker and Michael Cohen describe efforts to use the National Enquirer t...
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American gold: At age 100, Lt. Benjamin inspires stillMay 15, 2024 7:47 pm - If 100 can be said to be the new 70, Lt. Alfred D. Benjamin of the Army Air Corps' 384th Bomb Group has to be the expression's poster boy. Ramrod-straight and sharp as th...
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Protest much? An academic reckoning is overdueMay 15, 2024 7:33 pm - WASHINGTON — The Columbia University Apartheid Divest coalition issued five demands: that Columbia divest assets that benefit from “Israeli apartheid, genocide and occupa...
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The beginner’s mind and marketingMay 15, 2024 9:37 am - Many years ago, I was overcome with a feeling of professional anxiety during which I was worried I might stop being creative. The feeling was brief and intense, and the ...
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New Butler pro hopes to continue hot streak at PGAMay 15, 2024 6:00 am - Andy Svoboda, the new head professional at Butler National in Oak Brook, is one of the many locals competing in this week’s PGA Championship.
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Ranking the top five high school spring sportsMay 15, 2024 6:00 am - What are the best high school spring sports? This week’s High Five ranks them.
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Stephens, Rosemont would be bulldozing a new Bears stadium to the goal lineMay 15, 2024 6:00 am - Columnist Jim O’Donnell believes Rosemont mayor Brad Stephens would have already pushed a Bears stadium proposal over the goal line in his town.
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No Good AnswersMay 14, 2024 3:54 pm - There are no good answers to the current situation in the Gaza War. President Joe Biden is trying to use a pause in weapons shipments to force Israel to do more to protec...
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Moving away from the template of ‘oppressor vs. oppressed’May 14, 2024 3:50 pm - The violent campus takeover by protesters — some of them students, many not — has had the unintended effect of discrediting the premise underlying the protest. That premi...
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T-ball coaches, don’t be caught unpreparedMay 13, 2024 6:37 pm - Here’s a helpful guide to one of the most important skills a suburban parent can have -- coaching their child’s t-ball team.