Columns
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Acts of generosity and the heart of a watermelonOct 01, 2022 7:00 am - I bought a wonderful end of the summer watermelon last week, and it reminded me of a lovely habit my beloved Baheej had from his childhood. He did this whenever we had a...
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Jim O'Donnell: Jimmy “The Greek” Snyder - will sports gaming media ever generate another one like him?Oct 01, 2022 1:00 am - JIMMY "THE GREEK" SNYDER has been betting with fellow spirits in the sky since his death in 1996. He exited network TV even earlier than that. In January 1988, CBS Sport...
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Facts Matter: Hurricane warning shared on social media really is from 2016Oct 01, 2022 1:00 am - Shortly before Hurricane Ian hit Florida, social media users were sharing video of Fox News anchor Shepard Smith standing in front of a weather map while delivering a hu...
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Grammar Moses: I have become comfortably numberOct 01, 2022 1:00 am - Steadfast reader Kathy Canick writes that she and Barb Chrisman, whose name also rings a bell, were playing their monthly word games to keep their brains a-hummnin.' "A ...
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Spotlight: Mike Lew's family comedy 'Tiger Style' opens at Writers TheatreSep 30, 2022 6:00 am - Sibling rivals Christopher Thomas Pow and Aurora Adachi-Winter play squabbling siblings in "Tiger Style," Mike Lew's comedy about Chinese American heritage, in which a b...
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How Mike Simon's vision for the 'next Rodeo Drive' helped shape Geneva's Third Street shopping, diningSep 30, 2022 6:00 am - No one would blame Mike Simon if he simply wanted to rest this week after much of this year's 100th anniversary celebration of his family's The Little Traveler home déco...
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FBI honors suburban tattoo artists for helping victims, ex-criminals replace reminders of pastSep 30, 2022 5:00 am - It's bad enough having your ex-girlfriend's name tattooed on your biceps. Imagine having the name of the pimp who forced you into sex work inscribed on your neck. Or a g...
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Lincicome: When Judge homer chase fails to excite, what does that say for baseball?Sep 30, 2022 1:00 am - Irony is not baseball's friend yet when New York Yankee Aaron Judge's 61st home run of the season sailed over an outfield sign promoting gambling, it seemed the right de...
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Syndicated columnist Byron York: In midterm politics, historical analogies work - until they don'tSep 30, 2022 1:00 am - If history is any guide, Democrats do not have a chance - not even a small a chance - of keeping control of the House in the midterm elections. But the question is: Is h...
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Derivative, jump-scary horror tale not much to 'Smile' aboutSep 29, 2022 10:00 am - “Smile” - ★ ★ Normally, a starless, derivative, overly long, jump-scare-saturated horror movie like “Smile” would be sent directly to streaming on a digital platform a...