Columns
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How ‘the horse race’ is hobbling our national politicsJan 25, 2024 3:27 pm - When it comes to covering national elections, most newspapers — especially most newspapers like the Daily Herald that concentrate attention on local news — must rely on n...
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County’s new ‘rainy day’ funding can help our most-vulnerable face disastersJan 23, 2024 3:43 pm - Cook County is better prepared today than ever before to face potential disasters head on. Last November, The Cook County Board of Commissioners passed a balanced budget ...
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Beyond the Byline: Northwestern journalism resident Rosie Newmark continues coverage for the suburbsJan 21, 2024 6:03 pm - Daily Herald resident intern and Northwestern senior Rosie Newmark has spent much of her college experience covering Chicago, Evanston and the broader suburban community ...
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Encouraging distinctions and the misnamed ‘good ole days’Jan 18, 2024 6:48 pm - Among other topics, I like to read history, especially American history, and one of the dominant lessons this has taught me is how misguided we often are in our remembran...
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Celebrate King’s life by living his dreamJan 13, 2024 12:13 pm - As we approach what would have been Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s 95th birthday, I am writing to encourage everyone to honor the legacy of the civil rights icon by working...
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‘Killers’ and Hollywood’s White Savior SyndromeJan 11, 2024 9:06 am - Martin Scorsese’s critically lauded box office hit “Killers of the Flower Moon” begins streaming globally on Apple TV+ on Friday. This daring, unsparing historical drama ...
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All right, let’s talk about the weather ... and how we cover itJan 11, 2024 9:04 am - “Ah, the weather,” a famous saying begins. “Everyone always talks about it but no one ever does anything about it.” Of course, the humor in that remark lies in the fact t...
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2024 transportation predictions: Blustery skies over O’Hare redo and peering down a transit cliffJan 02, 2024 10:25 am - The train has left the 2023 station loaded with major stories, from a controversial CP railway merger to a transit funding crisis. So what’s next in 2024, you ask? In a t...
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In WW II, brutal Christmas Battle of the Bulge was pivotalDec 25, 2023 12:00 am - Christmas includes the anniversary of the Battle of the Bulge, the largest land battle fought by the United States. The battle was hell on earth. On Dec. 16, 1944, Nazi G...
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Words, wormholes and obstacles to productive discussionDec 21, 2023 4:15 am - Something one of our columnists wrote this week set me on the path for this week’s column, one of those cases where you have vague ideas floating like blurry birds in the...