Columns
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With time and reflection, even tragic memories have much to teach usApr 18, 2024 11:18 am - One of the obligations of a community newspaper is to keep track of historic bench marks, and bring them to the attention of readers for the very real value that looking ...
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Intentions may be good, but city, state policies aren’t fixing migrant crisisApr 18, 2024 4:00 am - Chicago may be the Windy City, but lately it is becoming known as the “WIBI City.” WIBI stands for Well-Intentioned Bad Ideas. And Chicago is working overtime to corner t...
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Signs of our times: How about less flash, more substance?Apr 15, 2024 4:00 am - I was in the Chicago area for unexpected reasons last month. While there and during my daily walks around my parents’ neighborhood, I was struck by several things. Many c...
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What we celebrate when we celebrate K9 Dax’s police careerApr 11, 2024 4:00 pm - K9 Dax is getting quite the public send-off as he moves into retirement as the Lake County Sheriff’s Department’s crime fighting police dog. Dax was celebrated at a cerem...
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Things you learn when you’re not really tryingApr 04, 2024 12:25 pm - OK. Be honest. Raise your hand if you know the difference between cement and concrete. You do if you read Jenny Whidden’s front-page story on Monday in which she describe...
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Having Alzheimer’s is hard enough; stigma and bureaucracy make it harderApr 01, 2024 4:00 am - We come before you today as mother and daughter, Terrie and Shon, Alzheimer's patient and caregiver. When I, Terrie, was first diagnosed with Alzheimer's nine years ago, ...
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Make foreign polluters payMar 30, 2024 1:13 pm - Motorists driving along the lakefront in Chicago this winter saw firsthand the effects of climate change: record-low Lake Michigan ice cover. The average ice cover among ...
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Pursue peace, not war, in MideastMar 29, 2024 4:00 am - The current conflict in the Middle East will go down in history as one of the cruelest man-made catastrophe of this century. As of the writing of this article, more than ...
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A stirring of discontent over resorting to a vague descriptionMar 29, 2024 4:00 am - Alexa, cycling through an unending stream of images from my kitchen counter, beckons me to connect with a variety of network television sports content. And I am troubled....
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Estonia’s 20 years in NATO shows value of allianceMar 28, 2024 7:30 am - Twenty years ago, on March 29, 2004, Estonia, along with Bulgaria, Latvia, Lithuania, Romania, Slovakia, and Slovenia, joined the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO...