Columns
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Neighbors in the news: Highland Park foundation welcomes two new membersMar 08, 2023 10:00 pm - • The Highland Park Community Foundation (HPCF) has welcomed Caroline Mead as a new board member and Eric Zoberman as senior director. Mead was raised in the suburbs of...
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Who will win? Film critic Dann Gire makes his Oscars picks, from sure bets to up-for-grabsMar 08, 2023 2:00 pm - Predicting this year's Academy Awards winners might appear to be as easy as blasting womp rats on Tatooine with a T-16 Skyhopper. So who will win big on Sunday night? I ...
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An ingredient substitution shines in a great recipeMar 08, 2023 5:00 am - Milk Street magazine showcased a recipe for broccoli raab and Italian sausage in its March/April 2023 issue that looked enticing, and I decided to try it. I already had ...
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Sound check: Lucky Boys Confusion hosts MS benefit concertMar 08, 2023 5:00 am - Fighting MS Stubhy Pandav and his Lucky Boys Confusion cohorts take the stage for a night of music, fellowship and fundraising as the Singing for A Cure 2023 benefit con...
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Syndicated columnist Debra J. Saunders: Income inequality loves student loan forgivenessMar 08, 2023 12:00 am - I'm old enough to remember when college-loan recipients expected to repay their loan balance. The whole thing. That was before President Joe Biden decided he unilaterall...
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Jim O'Donnell: Presenting a solution for Big Ten flameout in NCAA men's tournamentMar 08, 2023 12:00 am - SPECIES THAT EAT THEIR OWN face constantly diminished dinner options. No sports species of the new mill has proved more effective at devouring its own than Big Ten men's...
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Syndicated columnist Byron York: The Peter (Buttigieg) PrincipleMar 08, 2023 12:00 am - In the 1960s, there was a professor and business analyst named Lawrence J. Peter. He became famous for coming up with something called the Peter Principle. The informal ...
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Syndicated columnist Michael Barone: Lab leak story: How elite scientists lied and concealed the truthMar 07, 2023 12:00 am - When The Wall Street Journal reported in a front-page lead story that the Department of Energy had concluded the COVID-19 pandemic resulted from a leak from China's Wuha...
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Taxes? Tolls? 'Transit is the Answer' plan brings bevy of questionsMar 06, 2023 4:30 am - By Marni Pyke mpyke@dailyherald.com Imagine being able to jump from Metra to the CTA or Pace seamlessly. Imagine audible announcements instead of "ruhmmhmmm ... delays ....
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Fremd graduate makes Broadway debut as Christine in iconic 'Phantom'Mar 06, 2023 4:30 am - Emilie Kouatchou, a 2015 graduate of William Fremd High School in Palatine, made her Broadway debut as Christine Daaé in "The Phantom of the Opera" in New York City. Kou...