Columns
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Bears Film Study: True Monday Night hero, Moody or Benedet?Oct 16, 2025 8:01 pm - Bears Film Study returns with a look at why so many things seemed sharper Monday in Washington after the bye week.
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Blackhawks power rankings: Nazar’s flash, Reichel’s redemption and some sweet jacketsOct 16, 2025 3:08 pm - There’s nothing like putting up eight goals on the road against a hated division rival to send the vibes soaring. The young and scrappy Chicago Blackhawks are 2-2-1 after an 8-3 trouncing of the St. Louis Blues on Wednesday night, so it’s a perfect time to roll out the first power rankings of the season.
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Who are the area’s top running backs this century?Oct 16, 2025 2:42 pm - Throughout this season, we’ll be presenting the area’s top prep football players of the century. This week, we look at the top 10 running backs from the last 25 years.
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It had to endOct 16, 2025 4:00 am - Syndicated columnist Susan Estrich: Too much suffering on both sides. Too much division. Too much danger for Israel to be as isolated and stigmatized as it has become. Too big a rift between American Jews and the homeland we love.
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Zohran, ‘Tish’ and the new resistanceOct 16, 2025 4:00 am - Syndicated columnist Byron York: This week saw the debut of a new alliance in the ongoing resistance to President Donald Trump
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A lesson about lessons and getting outside our comfort zonesOct 16, 2025 4:00 am - Columnist Jim Slusher: I have written in the past about the many unexpected things we can learn about subjects other than what a news story is actually about. Today, I write about how unexpected lessons can form the central theme of news events themselves, and the lesson we all can take when that happens.
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Nobel Peace Prize honors personal courageOct 16, 2025 4:00 am - On Oct. 10, the Nobel Peace Prize for 2025 was awarded to Venezuela reform leader Maria Corina Machado. She is truly deserving of the honor and personifies courage, posit...
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Volleyball helped give Bradley, Radomski a voiceOct 15, 2025 5:55 pm - Both young students at a school for deaf and hard of hearing children 20 years ago, Cullen Bradley and Chris Radomski now are teammates on USA Deaf Volleyball’s men’s national team.
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Downtown Geneva’s new face: Project on East State Street divides opinionsOct 15, 2025 10:48 am - Construction work on The Roosevelt project at East State Street and Crissey Avenue in Geneva has some wondering how this new three-story building for commercial and residential would fit aesthetically in that part of the city.
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Test the power of your organization’s strengths using Gallup assessmentOct 15, 2025 9:22 am - The self-exploration possible using CliftonStrengths can be inspirational and transformative. Once you know your strengths, you can work on ways to capitalize on them to boost your performance. The assessment is also a valuable tool for organizational development.