Columns
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This whole 'fairness' thing a tricky questionNov 13, 2007 10:00 pm - Q. I have a chance to take a 10-day trip to China. My wife of two years doesn't fly. All of our trips have been driving or rail. She says it isn't fair for me to go ...
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In its 25th year, D-C program staple of consistencyNov 12, 2007 10:00 pm - There are many ways to build a successful high school sports program. Dundee-Crown girls basketball coach Joe Komaromy could write a textbook on the subject. When Komaro...
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That final BCS bowl berth just might go to Fighting IlliniNov 12, 2007 10:00 pm - It's true. Illinois, a program that won eight games in the previous four seasons combined, has a legitimate opportunity to earn a Bowl Championship Series bowl berth. Il...
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This election like others: not very inspiringNov 12, 2007 10:00 pm - Give thanks the Bears' quarterback derby won't come down to a public vote. You know, like caucuses on Wednesday, primaries on Friday and a general election on Sunday. Th...
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Harvest Ball a hit with Center for Enriched Living participantsNov 12, 2007 10:00 pm - Teacher, academic and humorist Leo Calvin Rosten once wrote that the purpose of life is not to be happy, but rather to matter, to be productive, to be useful and 'to hav...
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Neil Young rich, varied but workmanlike in first of two showsNov 12, 2007 10:00 pm - The Chicago Theatre became a facsimile of Neil Young's legendary barn in Northern California, or at least a mythologized version of that workspace. Large canvases proppe...
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Government can do more than wage war and collect taxesNov 12, 2007 10:00 pm - In the heart of DuPage County, in the shadow of the Ronald Reagan Memorial Tollway, Illinois Republican heavyweight Jim Ryan is using "The Jim Ryan Symposium on Public A...
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New on DVD: Restored (and B&W) version of 'Wonderful Life'Nov 12, 2007 10:00 pm - "Close Encounters of the Third Kind: Ultimate Edition" -- After his breakthrough triumph in "Jaws," Steven Spielberg put his filmmaking gifts to work on what was cle...
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DuPage drivers beware: It's deer mating seasonNov 12, 2007 10:00 pm - Why did it take three advisories about deer rut season before I refreshed my inquisitive mind about the only antlered animal in the world? For instance, did you remembe...
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Students shine on stage 'Bigger Than Life'Nov 12, 2007 10:00 pm - Hersey High School English teacher Lara Becker teaches acting among her class load, and it occurred to her that her underclassmen students needed a vehicle to get their ...