Columns
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Who had the area’s top prep football performances in Week 10?Nov 03, 2025 3:41 pm - This edition of the High Five looks at the area’s top prep football performances from the first round of the IHSA playoffs.
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‘Edgy’ Tim: Who are some of the area’s top sophomore football recruits?Nov 02, 2025 5:29 pm - Recruiting analyst “Edgy” Tim O’Halloran looks at some of the area’s top sophomore football recruits.
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Dietz: Hawks’ Bedard growing before our very eyesNov 02, 2025 3:31 pm - John Dietz: Blackhawks center Connor Bedard is blossoming after a rough second season.
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Good and bad choices, and how the prices are paidNov 02, 2025 3:30 pm - Syndicated columnist Marc Munroe Dion: The poor exist as a measure of virtue for all those who made “the good choices.”
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The Democrats’ border problemNov 02, 2025 11:19 am - Syndicated columnist Michael Barone: Who said this? “If you don't have any borders, you don't have a nation.” The speaker went on, “Trump did a better job. I don't like Trump, but we should have a secure border. It ain't that hard to do. Biden didn't do it.”
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Reagan’s words were realNov 02, 2025 4:00 am - In this week’s Facts Matter column, Bob Oswald examines claims that Ronald Reagan disparaged the use of tariffs, Taylor Swift is pregnant and more.
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O’Donnell: Ben Johnson deserves patience, but what about the rest of Bears culture?Nov 01, 2025 10:41 am - On opening day of training camp 2028, who among Ryan Poles, Ben Johnson and Caleb Williams is most likely to retain their current status with the Bears, asks columnist Jim O’Donnell.
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Lincicome: Accepting Williams’ ups and downs as Bears quarterbackNov 01, 2025 10:00 am - Learning to live with Captain YoYo, the Bears quarterback, is no less frustrating than ever, inconsistency being the one consistent thing before this quarterback and whomever the next one might be, writes columnist Bernie Lincicome.
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Lawmakers OK sweeping energy reform package that governor pledges to signNov 01, 2025 9:00 am - A closely-watched and long-debated piece of energy legislation is set to become law after passing through both legislative chambers with the governor’s endorsement.
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Daily Herald takes top honors in regional journalism awardsOct 31, 2025 4:06 pm - For both its print and online editions, the Daily Herald has won top honors in the 2025 Northern Illinois News Association contest, and individual Daily Herald staff members were recognized with 47 first-, second- and third-place finishes in the annual competition.