Niles Opinion
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Get out the facts on football dangersOct 12, 2017 2:17 pm - Football's mental health hits just seem to keep on coming this year. The NFL finally acknowledges the game's link to CTE, another pro quits citing medical concerns, yout...
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Easter 'thank you'Apr 17, 2017 10:29 am - Ever since discovering the Rev. Billy Graham's numerous books in the 1960s, I've admired devout Christians who can freely quote brief but powerful Bible passages. That's...
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Editorial: New Twitter episodes show harm of ridicule, value of compassionJan 24, 2017 3:43 pm - Dathan Paterno has resigned from the school board of Park Ridge-Niles Elementary School District 64, and he wasn't planning to run for re-election this April anyway, so ...
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Cheers to the men, women in blueNov 24, 2016 12:00 am - A funny thing happened to me this week, again. I've been taking regular pre-dawn walks in the years since I quit running and get stopped occasionally by local police. Na...
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A parent's protocol for football safetyJan 06, 2016 12:49 pm - By now, any certified pro football fan has become aware of the presence of the new National Football League concussion protocol, an initiative geared to flag players who...
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Put on Social Security cap for millionairesDec 12, 2015 12:00 am - After 50 years of monetary inflation, millionaire prestige has understandably declined. A 2014 study found that fully 5 percent or 14 million of contemporary American ad...
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Maybe hefty cellphone fines would workNov 03, 2015 12:00 am - A nationally syndicated newspaper columnist was involved in a rear-end collision with a cell phone-wielding driver this October. If this annoyed the columnist (and you a...
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Staying active is worthwhile final jobSep 14, 2015 11:34 am - In September, while I personally mark Anniversary 8 in a retirement home, Americans celebrate Grandparents Day and National Senior Center Month. Well, "celebrate" may be...
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We try to do too much through taxationJul 31, 2015 1:00 am - It seems like only after a tax hike do we ever think of a basic fact: all government payouts, ranging from the most noble cause to the "what were they thinking of?" endo...
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The truth is obvious: Cutler cannot playDec 20, 2014 4:05 am - It has to be perplexing to all Bears fans that the one person who finally spoke out with utter verity about the continual woes of Jay Cutler gets thrown under the bus by...
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