Columns
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A fail-safe society is sure to failApr 13, 2024 4:27 pm - When are we going to trust our fellow Americans again? When are we going to allow qualified individuals with responsibility to make decisions without consulting detailed ...
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Grammar Moses: The SituationshipApr 13, 2024 4:13 pm - It’s spring, and love is in the air. But boy, has it gotten complicated. If I know my demographic, I’ll bet you haven’t heard of a “situationship” before. In the interest...
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What is the Counsell difference for the Cubs?Apr 13, 2024 11:48 am - I have a lot of questions. I don’t have many answers.
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How much nontax revenue is covering suburban park district costs?Apr 13, 2024 5:30 am - Because competition for property tax dollars in Illinois is stiff, local government agencies often have to look for other revenue to cover annual operational costs. For p...
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Slow start a concern, but Hendricks usually figures things outApr 12, 2024 7:53 pm - Should the Cubs be concerned about Kyle Hendricks’ rough start? Maybe, but he’s fought through tough stretches before.
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Aaron home run still brings back wonderful memoriesApr 12, 2024 6:00 am - Fifty years later, Hank Aaron’s record-breaking home run still brings back wonderful family memories.
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‘Nothing else like it in the area’: How local film buff got involved with, now leads AfterImage Film Festival in St. CharlesApr 12, 2024 4:30 am - Andrew Carlin of St. Charles shares how he got involved with – and now leads -- the AfterImage Film Festival in St. Charles, which opened Thursday and runs through Sunday, April 14.
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Trump's trial in New York could shatter his mirror politicsApr 12, 2024 4:00 am - Mirror politics is accusing your opponents of doing the very thing you yourself have done. On the campaign trail, Donald Trump insists President Joe Biden stole the 2020 ...
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America's fiscal ethos: From Alexander Hamilton's day to our ownApr 12, 2024 4:00 am - Washington Post columnist Megan McArdle recently wrote that the best argument made in favor of limiting the size of the stimulus during the Great Recession — part of a la...
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What we celebrate when we celebrate K9 Dax’s police careerApr 11, 2024 4:00 pm - K9 Dax is getting quite the public send-off as he moves into retirement as the Lake County Sheriff’s Department’s crime fighting police dog. Dax was celebrated at a cerem...