Columns
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Trump’s political enemies list and vindictive prosecutionsOct 22, 2025 4:00 am - Syndicated columnist Susan Estrich: Vindictive prosecutions aimed at settling political scores violate due process and equal protection clauses of the Constitution, and Trump's public statements about wanting "justice" against those who investigated him could create a presumption of vindictiveness.
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Trump Justice Department files charges against Antifa. What took so long?Oct 22, 2025 4:00 am - Syndicated columnist Debra J. Saunders: The left and big media have been on a crusade to convince the voting public that Antifa, a band of sometimes violent anarchists, is not really a thing. Last Thursday, Trump's Department of Justice unsealed indictments that charged two alleged Antifa members with providing material support to terrorists, attempted murder of an officer and discharging a firearm in furtherance of a violent crime.
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O’Donnell: Michael Jordan on NBC will be mild ado about image maintenanceOct 21, 2025 6:00 pm - THE NBA IS TIPPING OFF ITS 2025-26 SEASON this week. On a Chicago watch list, that clocks in somewhere between chasing unique leaf symmetry and monitoring snowblower pric...
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Warm fall allows more time for garden cleanupOct 21, 2025 1:57 pm - Fall is the time for gardeners to clean up plant debris, clear out invasive buckthorn and shred leaves to use as mulch.
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‘No Kings’ protests as an indication of healthy democracyOct 21, 2025 4:00 am - Guest columnist Keith Peterson:
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Trump defies conventional wisdom … so farOct 21, 2025 4:00 am - Syndicated columnist Michael Barone:
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As Joel Quenneville and the NHL move on, don’t forget what they’re moving on fromOct 20, 2025 3:24 pm - Before we get into the hockey of it all, the relative frivolity of a Ducks-Blackhawks game in October, let’s begin with the most important thing. The actions — or more accurately, the inaction — of John McDonough, Joel Quenneville, Stan Bowman, Al MacIsaac, Jay Blunk and Kevin Cheveldayoff led to a child in Michigan getting sexually abused.
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Who had the area’s top prep football performances in Week 8?Oct 20, 2025 2:51 pm - This edition of the High Five looks at the area’s top prep football performances from Week 8.
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Rewriting pain into healing: A father, a son and the journey to recoveryOct 20, 2025 4:00 am - Guest columnist : Despite the grim statistics on opioid overdose deaths, there are success stories like Jarrett's, who now helps others through his work as a recovery specialist.
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Dietz: Blackhawks giving opponents life by taking too many penaltiesOct 19, 2025 2:19 pm - The Blackhawks’ biggest room for improvement? It’s cutting down on silly penalties, writes columnist John Dietz.