Columns
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Suburban Muslims return to mosques for Ramadan prayersApr 01, 2022 1:00 am - Area Muslims will welcome the start of Ramadan tonight with a return to in-person, nightly communal gatherings for prayer at suburban mosques, and monthlong fasting duri...
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Syndicated columnist Susan Estrich: Dinner at Madeleine Albright'sApr 01, 2022 1:00 am - When I first met Madeleine Albright in the early 1980s, she was still making dinner for the boys. The boys being the members of what we used to call the "priesthood," th...
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Guest columnists Madeleine Behr, Amanda Pyron: Victims' voices heard in law ending money bailApr 01, 2022 1:00 am - Throughout this year's legislative session, opponents of the Pretrial Fairness Act - a part of the more comprehensive SAFE-T Act - have used stories of sexual and domest...
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Feder: When it comes to keeping faith with listeners, Salem Media's Jeff Reisman has The AnswerApr 01, 2022 1:00 am - No one would say running a station like WIND 560-AM is a breeze, but Jeff Reisman makes it look easy. From studios and offices in Elk Grove Village, Reisman calls the sh...
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Tony-winner Heather Headley returns to the suburban stage in McAninch concert debutMar 31, 2022 6:00 am - Heather Headley laughs easily and often while chatting about her career and her upcoming McAninch Arts Center debut, which marks her first Chicago area performance befor...
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Sound check: Colin Peterik, Charlie Otto, FOZZY on stage this weekMar 31, 2022 6:00 am - Colin Peterik at City Winery When your dad is Ides of March and Survivor's Jim Peterik, a certain amount of musical interest is bound to rub off. But Colin Peterik'...
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Neighbors in the news: Hoffman Estates Parks leader elected to state boardMar 31, 2022 6:00 am - Robert Kaplan, vice president of the Hoffman Estates Park District, was elected to the Illinois Association of Park Districts' board of trustees. As an IAPD board trust...
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The man behind Sidd Finch, the best April Fool's prank ever, is ready for a baseball encoreMar 31, 2022 1:00 am - Hailed as the greatest pitching prospect in baseball history, 1985 phenomenon Sidd Finch has found the enlightenment he has been seeking for decades, and will be named ...
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Daily Herald columnist Jim Slusher: Caring about every word has always been 'something to think about'Mar 31, 2022 1:00 am - Over the course of a long career, you form memories. Sometimes you want to share them just because they make you smile. Sometimes there is current value even beyond that...
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A question about a Harvard educationMar 31, 2022 1:00 am - Well, it looks like we are going to get another Harvard-educated lawyer on the Supreme Court. I question her intellectual capacity, since she couldn't seem to recall the...