Columns
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Who were the top high school sports teams in 2025?Dec 29, 2025 1:14 pm - This edition of the High Five looks at the top high school sports teams from the 2025 calendar year.
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New businesses, fond farewells and historic preservation: A look back at the top stories of 2025 in Talk of the TownDec 29, 2025 9:57 am - New businesses and developments, historic preservation, museums and a fairy garden were among the top stories in Dave Heun’s Talk of the Town column in 2025.
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Helping Chicago veterans through better focus on brain injury researchDec 29, 2025 4:00 am - Chicago is an emerging center for advancing treatments for traumatic brain injuries among U.S. service members, a condition so prevalent that it is considered the signatu...
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In appreciation of what makes America’s generosity possibleDec 28, 2025 4:00 am - Syndicated columnist Veronique de Rugy: The Christmas season is a time to reflect on what we have, which includes the kind of society that has made countless blessings possible. The warmth, security and generosity that many Americans experience during the holidays are not accidents or pure gifts of nature.
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Congress must find the will to make health care more than a sloganDec 28, 2025 4:00 am - Guest columnist Keith Peterson: The American health care system remains inefficient, expensive, mired in Kafkaesque complexity, and delivers poorer outcomes than in other industrialized nations.
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Why gray squirrels and black walnuts go together so wellDec 28, 2025 3:00 am - For many years, we’ve been finding black walnut bits on the benches surrounding our campfire circle. I know where the walnuts come from and I know gray squirrels are eating them.
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Does your business need a chief AI officer?Dec 27, 2025 12:59 pm - In just three years, artificial intelligence has gone from a futuristic concept to a daily business tool. With the emergence of effective generative AI, companies from global brands to local family businesses have been racing to understand how this new technology can make their work faster, smarter, and more efficient.
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We are entering 2026 with the worst economy in yearsDec 27, 2025 11:59 am - If you are feeling down about the direction of the economy as the year comes to a close, you are not alone. There is also plenty of evidence to back up the sentiment.
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Lincicome: And the winner of the award for summing up 2025 is ...Dec 27, 2025 10:00 am - Time once again for the annual “Bernies,” awards designed to sum up just what kind of year it was in sports. Drum roll, please. The What’s He Taking Off if the Bears ...
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O’Donnell: For Bears, beatdown at SF could be the start of something even biggerDec 27, 2025 10:00 am - OF MIKE DITKA, WINSTON CHURCHILL AND SIMBA, “THE LION KING,” one who said, “Success isn't permanent and failure isn't fatal.” For devotees of deductive logic — since the ...