Columns
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Democratic Party isolation is getting worseSep 27, 2025 2:00 pm - We Americans, it seems, continue to live in two separate countries. Consider two items in the news this week and the inconsistent responses they evoked. One was the convi...
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Why Illinois needs to reform its tax policySep 27, 2025 2:00 pm - Gov. Pritzker just issued an executive order that, among other things, requires state agencies to identify cuts totaling 4% of their current year appropriations. Pritzker...
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Congress takes steps to help restore dignity of work in IllinoisSep 27, 2025 12:52 pm - For too long, government policies have made it too easy not to work, stifling people’s growth, confidence and ability to prosper. It also has limited the labor pool for businesses.
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O’Donnell: All Bears aside, Cubs set to act out season atop Chicago sports marqueeSep 27, 2025 10:00 am - Craig Counsell and the Cubs have as few as two — maybe three — performances on their biggest stage yet to complete 2025 drama.
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Lincicome: The Cubs will celebrate again, and this season tooSep 27, 2025 10:00 am - Having rehearsed their celebration already, the Cubs have the photos and the stained laundry to prove that whatever happens next, the season wasn’t half bad, although it was only half good when you look at where the Cubs were once and where they are now. As Rick may have told Ilsa, they will always have Pittsburgh.
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Schwarz: Taking an opportunity to praise Joe Mansueto and the Chicago FireSep 26, 2025 11:49 am - After more than a decade of failures, the Chicago Fire is doing something deserving of praise, and a lot of it, writes sports editor Orrin Schwarz.
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A great unknown: Bears are intriguing, scary after 3 weeksSep 26, 2025 11:36 am - Now, in 2025, anything is possible as the 1-2 Bears prepare for a game with the Raiders in Las Vegas with a bye week on the horizon. Not everything, but anything.
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From midwife to turncoat: Britain and the Jewish StateSep 26, 2025 4:00 am - Way back during the 17th and 18th centuries, Britain had a reputation in Europe as “perfidious Albion.” The Cambridge English Dictionary defines “perfidious” as “unable t...
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Trump targets U.N. — like shooting fish in a barrelSep 26, 2025 4:00 am - WASHINGTON — The escalator stopped working as President Donald Trump and the first lady entered the United Nations on Tuesday. Then, as Trump began to deliver his speech ...
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How father, son with autism bonded through riding roller coastersSep 26, 2025 2:30 am - Tom Callsen and son Thomas, who has autism, have ridden 471 different roller coasters across the United States over the past 20 years, finding joy in the physical thrill and bonding experience.