Columns
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Syndicated columnist Debra J. Saunders: Hunter Biden: Too little, too lateJun 23, 2023 1:00 am - The outrage isn't that President Joe Biden's son Hunter got a comparatively light sentence for paying his 2017 and 2018 taxes late - late meaning after Dad got elected p...
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Syndicated columnist Keith Raffel: Indicted for obstruction when out of office, Trump got away with it when in officeJun 23, 2023 1:00 am - Even after a 37-count indictment against him was handed down two weeks ago, the Justice Department continues to investigate Donald Trump's actions since the 2020 preside...
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Dear Donuts in St. Charles aims to be late-night hangout with Asian-style treatsJun 22, 2023 11:00 pm - Sue Park was interested in neuroscience and also studied nursing in college while still enjoying her hobby of baking pastries, specifically Asian desserts - when she cou...
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Wes Anderson's stylized, star-stuffed comedy 'Asteroid City' big on both spectacle and dramatic inertiaJun 22, 2023 6:00 am - “Asteroid City” - ★ ★ ½ “Asteroid City”? A fun, nostalgically retro place to visit, but I wouldn't want to live there for a full 104 minutes. By now, the dazzling visua...
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Neighbors in the News: Alden Housekeeping director earns Hero of the Month awardJun 22, 2023 6:00 am - • Carlos Zarate, the Housekeeping director at Alden Long Grove Health Care and Rehabilitation, received the Long-Term Care Hero of the Month Award from the Health Care C...
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Spotlight: Kokandy Productions revives 'The SpongeBob Musical'Jun 22, 2023 6:00 am - Welcome to Bikini Bottom Frankie Leo Bennett plays plucky sea sponge SpongeBob in Kokandy Productions' revival of the exuberant tuner "Nickelodeon's The SpongeBob Musica...
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Bold, bawdy 'No Hard Feelings' blends laughs with lessons in forgivenessJun 22, 2023 6:00 am - “No Hard Feelings” - ★ ★ ½ I went into a press screening of “No Hard Feelings” expecting something crass and bawdy. After all, the story concerns a young woman who acce...
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Syndicated columnist Byron York: Why did Trump do it?Jun 22, 2023 1:00 am - There are a lot of questions surrounding the federal indictment of former President Donald Trump, which alleges that after leaving the White House, Trump kept secret nat...
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Country-spanning library inspires Writers Theatre's 'A Distinct Society'Jun 21, 2023 11:00 pm - In 2018, a Reuters article about the Haskell Free Library and Opera House, a small-town library straddling the U.S.-Canada border, caught the attention of writer/novelis...
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Widescreen: How Disney+ created Pixar's 'Elemental' box office woesJun 21, 2023 11:00 pm - Pixar's "Elemental" hit theaters last week with a resounding thud - the latest high-concept animated film from the Disney division debuted with a $29 million opening wee...