Columns
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Dietz: As last week showed, young Blackhawks are bound to make mistakesNov 23, 2025 9:03 pm - John Dietz says the young Blackhawks are bound to make mistakes this season, just like they did in a pair of ugly losses last week.
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‘Edgy’ Tim: One key for all 16 IHSA football finalistsNov 23, 2025 3:23 pm - Rivals prep football analyst “Edgy” Tim O’Halloran offers a key for each of the 16 teams playing in IHSA state title games this weekend.
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Harper’s Jim Macnider continues to add to his legacyNov 23, 2025 1:42 pm - On a snowy golf course in Iowa, Harper College cross country coach Jim Macnider earned his 10th NJCAA Division III men’s cross country title to go with five women’s titles, all since 2011.
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No evidence Trump spent 2017 Thanksgiving with EpsteinNov 23, 2025 4:00 am - In this week’s Facts Matter column, Bob Oswald examines claims that President Donald Trump spent Thanksgiving 2017 with Jeffrey Epstein, truckers are refusing to deliver goods to New York City and more.
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Cook County’s tax delay exposes Illinois’ worsening business environmentNov 22, 2025 1:30 pm - Chicago’s and Cook County’s tax bases are eroding. The cost of the government keeps climbing.The biggest weak point is in the business sector. Commercial property values in the Loop fell by 7.2% during the past year. The taxes their owners will pay dropped by more than $129 million.
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Staying secure in the digital ageNov 22, 2025 12:49 pm - Digital innovation has made life faster, more convenient and more connected than ever before. But with these advancements comes a growing challenge — protecting ourselves and our businesses from increasingly sophisticated forms of fraud.
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Stay one step ahead of scammers this holiday seasonNov 22, 2025 12:44 pm - The Federal Trade Commission reports that Americans lose billions of dollars to fraud each year, with a noticeable spike during the holiday season.
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Saving federal income tax by paying a state Pass-Through Entity Tax for large gainsNov 22, 2025 12:04 pm - Selling something that has shot up in value — think appreciated stocks, bitcoin bought for pennies, a rental building, or a closely held business — can leave you staring at a hefty state and federal income tax bill.
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O’Donnell: HBO gives it the old hip-hop try with tale of ‘The Super Bowl Shuffle’Nov 22, 2025 10:00 am - IS THERE A FANATIC DOMAIN on the planet subject to harsher outcomes than the one forever enveloping the Chicago Bears? The cruelest dividing line has to do with coinciden...
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Lincicome: About an American Pope and his White Sox hatNov 22, 2025 10:00 am - The dumbing down of America is best represented by the baseball cap, once worn as a practical sun shield but now resting on the noggins of presidents and pizza deliverers...