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‘KEV-in! KEV-in!’: The sports stories that don’t get toldSep 12, 2024 4:00 am - This is not a “Casey At The Bat” story. It is better. A young man steps awkwardly into the batter’s box. He is of average height. His legs are stiff as two closet dowels ...
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Sep 08, 2024 9:31 am - ‘ Canta y no Llores’ (Sing and Don’t Cry) — From the Traditional Mexican Song “Cielito Lindo” Mexican flags draped on houses, lotería at the Wheaton Public Library...
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Politics should not exempt DEI from cutsSep 06, 2024 4:00 am - The diversity, equity and inclusion industry — known as DEI — exploded in 2020 and 2021. To be sure, in the summer of 2020, one could argue there was a public mandate to ...
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Some policy housekeeping as campaign coverage steps upSep 05, 2024 4:00 am - With Labor Day behind us, we are in the thick of the General Election campaign season, so it seems a good time to revisit some issues readers and candidates should keep i...
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Kinzinger got it right in speech to DNCAug 30, 2024 4:00 am - I grew up in a Catholic household that generally supported Democratic candidates. My parents idolized John F. Kennedy. We even had a cheap tapestry of him being sworn in ...
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When clever clichés overwhelm truth in political debateAug 29, 2024 4:00 am - As we step into the quasi-official start of the political campaign for the Nov. 5 General Election, we are certain to hear a wide range of clichés intended to suggest the...
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Protecting kids online should be major political issueAug 26, 2024 12:05 pm - The Democratic National Committee has gaveled down and as the campaign for president heats up, one of the questions on swing voters' minds will be, which party truly figh...
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Exercises highlight Japan, South Korea and U.S.Aug 22, 2024 4:00 am - South Korea and the United States on Aug. 19 began regular annual military exercises, including operations geared toward North Korea, but this year there is a difference....
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A summer of putting ‘big picture, local focus’ to the testAug 22, 2024 4:00 am - A driving point of the Daily Herald’s news mission is found in the phrase we commonly use “big picture, local focus.” We have had some high-profile opportunities to put t...
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The way out of the circus on display in ChicagoAug 20, 2024 4:00 am - Well, here we go: the circus is in town. No, I’m not talking about the Ringling Brothers or Barnum and Bailey — at least they’re entertaining — but rather the Democratic ...