Columns
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Not sure about Brussels sprouts? This tasty casserole will change your mindApr 12, 2023 6:00 am - Brussels sprouts are one of those love 'em or hate 'em vegetables. They look like miniature cabbages and taste similar to them, too. Brussels sprouts are cruciferous veg...
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Fox softball notes: Larkin excited to host annual Slugfest againApr 12, 2023 1:00 am - One of, if not the longest running high school softball tournaments in the state, the Larkin Slugfest, will commence again on Saturday at the Elgin Sports Complex. Start...
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Syndicated columnist Susan Estrich: Is this really what the world has waited to hear?Apr 12, 2023 1:00 am - This is a trigger warning: Shocking content follows. This is what the world has been waiting for. Thirty-four nearly identical paragraphs identical to this: "THE GRAND J...
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Syndicated columnist Veronique de Rugy: More entitlement red flags as politicians tout inactionApr 12, 2023 1:00 am - Republicans and Democrats have been tripping over each other to tell voters how committed they are to making zero changes to Social Security and Medicare. Meanwhile, the...
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Tipping points for diners, servers and restaurantsApr 12, 2023 1:00 am - How you feel about tipping has a lot to do with who you are. If you're the one paying the bill, you think about tips differently than the person who is bringing you you...
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Birth of a trail: Different agencies team up to choose site, survey and come up with plan for new biking trailApr 11, 2023 6:00 am - Editor's note: This is the second of a three-part series titled Birth of a Trail. Part 1 ran March 28. In part three, CAMBr volunteers build the trail. In 2015, the Chic...
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Meet Norbert, the skateboard-riding pig who really may have trained his ownerApr 11, 2023 5:00 am - Vince Baran is living his dream, and his wife, Alicen, is along for the ride. Fueling it, in part, is the Buffalo Grove couple's personable pet pig Norbert, whose skateb...
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Syndicated columnist Mark Munro Dion: Prepare for a new wave of Lost Cause iconographyApr 11, 2023 1:00 am - I can see it now. If former President Donald Trump loses again, or if he wins and gets whapped with the 25th Amendment, the iconography of The Lost Cause, applied so suc...
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Syndicated columnist Michael Barone: Trump indictment is bad law, smart politicsApr 11, 2023 1:00 am - What do you do to win an election when your candidate is universally known and unpopular with a majority of voters? That's a question both major parties have had to face...
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Neighbors in the news: Glenview park commissioner reelected to state boardApr 10, 2023 11:00 pm - • Bill Casey, commissioner of the Glenview Park District, was reelected vice chairman of the Illinois Association of Park Districts' (IAPD) board of trustees. As vice c...