Columns
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As clock ticks, plenty of fodder for Social Security hearingJul 29, 2025 4:00 am - Guest columnist Keith Peterson: With Social Security Trust Fund projected to run dry in 8 years, Senators Cassidy and Kaine have proposed creating a $1.5T sovereign wealth fund to maintain benefits, but questions remain about feasibility and potential market distortion.
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Trump's attack on President ObamaJul 29, 2025 4:00 am - Syndicated columnist Susan Estrich: It's not just Trump being Trump. We — and by “we” I mean both the public and the media — have gotten so used to Trump repeating outrageous lies that we tend to dismiss them out of hand. But this is much, much worse.
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High Five: Who are the best head coaches in Bulls history?Jul 28, 2025 3:37 pm - Now that the Bulls gave Billy Donovan a contract extension, it’s good timing for this week’s High Five looking at the best head coaches in franchise history.
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The President’s Cabinet: Our nation’s State Department — a brief historyJul 28, 2025 11:01 am - Author and retired educator Bruce Simmons’s guest column details the history of the President’s Cabinet and the duties of each position. In his third column, he shares the history of the State Department.
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Elgin cold case detectives launch season 2 of hit podcast, seeking to solve 1970s murders and disappearance of Barbara GlueckertJul 27, 2025 12:12 pm - How do you top solving a 42-year mystery surrounding the disappearance of a young woman? Perhaps by identifying the killer responsible for an unsolved murder dating back to the 1970s.
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Superman, not MAGA, stands for the American WayJul 27, 2025 4:00 am - Syndicated columnist Keith Raffel: Donald Trump's post-election revenge tour: starving enemies of security, ransacking the free press, and weaponizing lawsuits to "make their lives miserable.
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Facts matter: Reports that Michael Jordan called for athletes to lose medals not credibleJul 27, 2025 4:00 am - In this week’s Facts Matter column, Bob Oswald examines claims that Michael Jordan said that medals should be taken from athletes who kneel during the National Anthem and that Stephen Colbert is moving to CNN.
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Better Business Bureau offers smart strategies for business growth and cost reductionJul 26, 2025 12:04 pm - In the dynamic world of business, finding ways to lower expenses while continuing to grow is essential for long-term success.
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Lincicome: The Bears are united in their excitement, at least for training campJul 26, 2025 12:03 pm - The obligation to be eager and earnest is part of training camp, that safe and unscarred portion of a football season where all things are possible and failures are forgotten.Working only from the opening camp press gathering, I can conclude that the Bears are excited. They all say so.
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Jim O’Donnell: Forty years later, an odd memory of the Arlington Park fireJul 26, 2025 11:58 am - There has never been any question that the igniting event of the Arlington Park fire altered a whole lot of paddock trajectories.