Columns
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Grammar Moses: Why 'farther' takes a ruler and 'further' an imaginationNov 12, 2022 12:00 am - The headline read: "In the suburban counties, the blue wave spread further." I had anticipated getting a phone call or two from readers who interpreted the headline as ...
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Marriott's merry 'Christmas Story' a heartwarming tribute to a family's loveNov 11, 2022 1:15 pm - “A Christmas Story, The Musical” - ★ ★ ★ ½ “From then on, things were different between me and my mother.” Halfway through the second act of “A Christmas Story, The Mus...
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State keeps record of who is in charge of nonprofit condosNov 11, 2022 6:00 am - By David M. Bendoff Q: Our daughter, who owned a condominium in a Chicago suburb, recently passed away suddenly. I am her father, live out of state and am going through ...
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Who inspires your creativity? Play Together calls artists for new collaborationNov 11, 2022 5:00 am - Play Together is putting out the call for its third collaborative art project. The Chicago-based arts education organization partnered with Grammy-winning producer Nico...
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Showing off new boutique and wine bar, K. Hollis Jewelers hosts grand reopening Nov. 12Nov 11, 2022 5:00 am - It's quieter these days in the spot where Pal Joey's pizza ovens blazed on busy nights or Golden Corral's kitchen staff prepared food for buffet diners. Instead, busy je...
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The suburban prosecutors taking the lead in the legal battle to topple the SAFE-T ActNov 11, 2022 4:30 am - When more than half of Illinois' state's attorneys go to court in Kankakee County next month in a last-ditch effort to block the controversial SAFE-T Act, the proceeding...
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Guest Columnist Arthur I. Cyr: Australia: Vital U.S. ally reconfirms commitmentNov 11, 2022 12:00 am - With little media notice, the United States plans to deploy up to six B-52 strategic bombers to Northern Australia. This imposing, and enormously capable, long-range str...
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Syndicated columnist Byron York: A talk with Bill Barr about RUSSIAGATE, the FBI and accountabilityNov 11, 2022 12:00 am - Former Attorney General Bill Barr does not mince words about FBI misconduct in its pursuit of candidate, and then president, Donald Trump. "I think the behavior of the l...
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Matt Derda & The High Watts trace band's evolution with new EP 'You Didn't Know?'Nov 10, 2022 3:00 pm - When Matt Derda & the High Watts first started putting together the songs on this weekend's EP release - "You Didn't Know?" - six or seven years ago, the band wasn't eve...
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Flair for farce: Oak Brook's First Folio revisits delightful 'Jeeves Intervenes'Nov 10, 2022 5:45 am - “Jeeves Intervenes” - ★ ★ ★ ½ In my 2008 review of First Folio Theatre's hugely entertaining “Jeeves Intervenes” - the first in a wonderful series of P.G. Wodehouse tale...