Columns
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Lincicome: From Mayo to Cheez-It. The college football title game remains southern friedJan 08, 2022 12:00 am - Few things are more American than wanting to know who is No. 1. Foam fingers and top 10 lists are testimony to our need to know. Systems and protocols are devised to rem...
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Thoughts on some of the Tri-Cities' businesses that opened, closed or seemed in limbo for 2021Jan 07, 2022 5:00 am - My first column of a new year traditionally looks back at some of the interesting people and places highlighted in “Talk of the Town” for the past 12 months. Today, we'l...
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Spotlight: Trade unwanted gifts for tickets to 'Bible Bingo,' 'Late Nite Catechism'Jan 07, 2022 5:00 am - A cowboy tale City Lit Theater opens its 41st season with the premiere of "The Virginian: A Horseman of the Plains," adapted by Chicago playwrights L.C. Bernadine and Sp...
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Woman who killed young daughter in Bloomingdale asks U.S. Supreme Court for releaseJan 07, 2022 4:20 am - A woman found not guilty by reason of insanity of murdering her 4-year-old daughter has taken her fight for freedom from a state psychiatric hospital to the U.S. Supreme...
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Gonzales: Worried about the future of college football? Look at AlabamaJan 07, 2022 12:00 am - Alabama won only six games in two consecutive seasons slightly more than 50 years ago after quarterbacks Joe Namath and Ken Stabler ascended to Hall of Fame greatness in...
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How other nations see Americans affects our interestsJan 07, 2022 12:00 am - In 1959, the officials of the National Security Council met to discuss Cyprus. The small Mediterranean island nation was about to become independent from Great Britain, ...
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Chicago teachers create an opening for vouchersJan 07, 2022 12:00 am - Tuesday, 73% of Chicago teachers voted to compel their school district to ditch classroom instruction in favor of remote learning because of COVID-19. So, it's official:...
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Suburban communities adopt new biking and pedestrian plansJan 06, 2022 10:00 pm - “Plan your work. Work your plan.” Prudent advice no matter what you attempt. Even wiser if you “make no little plans,” as urban architect Daniel Burnham remarked. Improv...
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Neighbors in the news: Area orthodontist named president-elect of Chicago Dental SocietyJan 06, 2022 5:00 am - • Dr. Michael Durbin of Prospect Heights was installed as the 2022 president-elect of the Chicago Dental Society. With more than 30 years of experience in orthodontics, ...
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World premieres, national theater tours set for winter and early springJan 06, 2022 5:00 am - Nearly two years after the COVID-19 pandemic forced them to close, Chicago-area theaters continue the rebound that began last spring. Despite breakthrough cases among fu...