Columns
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Constable: COVID alters tradition, but can't dim holiday joyJan 04, 2022 4:30 am - For 63 consecutive years, my Christmas tradition had been either celebrating at home with family and extended family or making pilgrimages to the homes of loved ones for...
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Oak Brook's First Folio to require proof of booster vaccine for upcoming performancesJan 04, 2022 12:00 am - First Folio Theatre has updated its COVID-19 vaccination and masking policy to require theatergoers show proof of the booster vaccine for admission to the Oak Brook thea...
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Arkush: If Bears fire Nagy, which assistants might not become collateral damage?Jan 04, 2022 12:00 am - If Matt Nagy does lose his job following the Bears-Vikings game Sunday, once the sting recedes he will at least know he has no one else to blame. But the thing that fros...
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Plague-year immigrants headed to Trump countryJan 04, 2022 12:00 am - I want to add a few notes to my column last week on the Census Bureau's July 2021 state population estimates and what stories they tell about growth and decline in the f...
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The new mantra of our era: Be wellJan 04, 2022 12:00 am - For too much of my life, New Year's resolutions were all about diets. One year, after I had half-tamed the monster, I managed to monetize my obsession by writing and, mo...
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Suburban Mosaic: How we covered our diverse suburban communities in 2021, and what we have in store for 2022Jan 03, 2022 4:30 am - It's been a momentous year for our rich suburban mosaic of diverse communities, not the least of which was weathering Year Two of an unrelenting pandemic together. In th...
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Gonzales: Energy, versatility key to Green fitting in with BullsJan 03, 2022 12:00 am - Javonte Green leaps through the key, trying to finish every drive with a convincing dunk reminiscent of Hall of Famer Dominique Wilkins. On the defensive end, Green has ...
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Arkush: Can Nagy throw a Hail Mary that will save his job?Jan 03, 2022 12:00 am - Watching Matt Nagy these last few weeks as he's been forced to endure a "dead coach walking" routine has been uncomfortable and painful at times, and the class, patience...
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Lincicome: Self-deception stars after Bears rout GiantsJan 03, 2022 12:00 am - For all sad words of tongue and pen, the saddest are these, those are not the Bears. The imaginary Bears are a great football team, the Bears in Matt Nagy's mind, the B...
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Top 10 movies: Film critic Dann Gire offers his favorites from 2021Jan 02, 2022 6:33 am - In 2021, the COVID-19 pandemic has impacted critics just as much as it has film production and movie theaters. In my case, I have tried to avoid all theatrical press scr...