Columns
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Should we remove our asbestos ceiling?Jan 05, 2026 1:22 pm - Our home’s textured ceiling contains 5% asbestos. Should we spray paint to cover it or pay a contractor $3,000 to remove it?
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Who had the area’s top holiday basketball tournament performances?Jan 05, 2026 12:03 pm - This edition of the High Five honors the top holiday basketball tournament performances from our high school teams.
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The Fed cuts rates again — so what?Jan 05, 2026 4:00 am - President Harry Truman once quipped he would really like to find an economist with only one hand. He went on to elaborate: “Give me a one-handed economist. All my economi...
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Dietz: Hawks’ Foligno ‘like a little kid’ for shootout opportunityJan 04, 2026 8:46 pm - John Dietz: Despite 248 regular-season goals, the Blackhawks’ Nick Foligno missed on the first 13 shootout attempts of his career. That finally changed Saturday.
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College Achievers: Barrington product is No. 1 Wisconsin’s top goal scorerJan 04, 2026 2:45 pm - College Achievers: Barrington High School graduate Kelly Gorbatenko enters 2026 as the leading goal scorer for the University of Wisconsin’s women’s hockey team, the defending NCAA champions.
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‘Edgy’ Tim: Naperville North’s Hill enrolling at Indiana this weekJan 04, 2026 2:17 pm - “Edgy” Tim O’Halloran: Gabriel Hill, who graduated from Naperville North last month, is preparing to begin his college career later this week. Hill, who verbally committed to the Indiana Hoosiers in May, had 15 scholarship offers including a dozen from Power Four schools such as Illinois, Notre Dame, LSU, Iowa and Tennessee.
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Should we listen when wealthy people offer to pay more taxes?Jan 04, 2026 4:00 am - Syndicated columnist Veronique de Rugy:
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Today's billionaires are playing a game they cannot winJan 04, 2026 4:00 am - Syndicated columnist Keith Raffel:
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O’Donnell: ESPN rebounds after rough starts to the New Year’s CFP partyJan 03, 2026 10:00 am - THE DANDY LIONS AT ESPN/ABC have a growing list of reasons to try and explain away the steady erosion of broadcast quality on their multiple platforms. From cord cutters ...
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Lincicome: Is this too much to ask for sports in 2026?Jan 03, 2026 10:00 am - Now that the year 2025 has been sent off for frequent flagrant fouls, here are some of the things I would like to see in 2026. Fewer pallbearers. The Bush’s Boca Raton Bo...