Columns
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Grammar Moses: When your valentine is a heart-healthy cerealFeb 13, 2021 12:00 am - My wife walked into my ersatz office Tuesday morning while I was between meetings and proffered her spoon. Is this one I send shuddering down the garbage disposal, I tho...
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Constable: As pandemic and job stress grew, so did their marriageFeb 13, 2021 12:00 am - At the start of 2020, Crystal and Glenn Broj, married for 30 years with two adult daughters living out of state, had to make an effort just to share a meal in their Deer...
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Facts Matter: Biden flew on Air Force One for a recent trip homeFeb 13, 2021 12:00 am - After a Feb. 5 flight President Joe Biden took from Washington, D.C., to Delaware, some social media users claimed the plane used for the 25-minute trip proves Biden is ...
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Baseball Way Back: Minoso broke color barrier, and Hairston, Boyd paved the wayFeb 13, 2021 12:00 am - As we celebrate Black History Month, it is a time to remember the contributions of Minnie Minoso, the first Black player to don a Chicago uniform. Minoso burst upon the ...
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Plan a trip close to home with a visit to Tropical Smoothie Cafe in St. CharlesFeb 12, 2021 5:00 am - The guys could really surprise their girlfriends or wives for Valentine's Day by saying they have planned a trip to the tropics. With the weather being so rugged the pas...
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ACLU sues DuPage sheriff to ensure future inmate doesn't go through withdrawal symptomsFeb 12, 2021 4:30 am - Withholding methadone from a person addicted to opiates would constitute cruel and unusual punishment. So says the American Civil Liberties Union in a federal lawsuit it...
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Will 2021 be the season the Bears finally find a franchise QB?Feb 12, 2021 12:00 am - The Bears have been in search of a franchise quarterback since Sid Luckman retired in 1951, and merely an acceptable option since Erik Kramer suffered a serious neck inj...
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Jim O'Donnell: Doc Rivers, Fred Hampton and two very different lives 'Made in Maywood'Feb 12, 2021 12:00 am - THERE IS A COMPELLING CROSS of multimedia convergence going on this weekend. At nba.com - as part of the league's "Black History Month Inspirations" - Doc Rivers is feat...
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Illinois' budget problems won't be fixed without change in revenue structureFeb 12, 2021 12:00 am - When it comes to Illinois' fiscal system, the adage "the more things change, the more they stay the same" rings hollow. It'd be far more fitting to recognize that in thi...
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Feder: WTTW news chief Hugo Balta under scrutiny for social media postsFeb 12, 2021 12:00 am - Hugo Balta, news director of WTTW-Channel 11 and executive producer of the nightly newscast "Chicago Tonight," has been sidelined by his bosses for apparently sharing to...