Chuck Goudie
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Suburban heart doctor's struggle inspires thousandsApr 13, 2008 11:00 pm - We look for heroes in all the wrong places. Music videos, baseball dugouts, business board rooms, stage and screen, the anchor desk, the cockpit, the pulpit, etc. As ha...
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Did those snipers come from the wilderness of Park Ridge?Apr 06, 2008 11:00 pm - Once upon a time, exactly 11 months ago today, I wrote about a little girl who was raised in the Big Woods of Park Ridge. She was named Hillary by her Ma and Pa, for whe...
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Three for three: Bad decisions, response and wiringMar 30, 2008 11:00 pm - No one should quarrel with the response by Northern Illinois University to that Valentine's Day classroom massacre. Police, medical teams, students, teachers, administra...
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Critics off base with 'Obama Commandment'Mar 23, 2008 11:00 pm - On Easter morning, Chicago churches would have been as empty as Christ's tomb if everyone were expected to live by "the Obama Commandment." Ever since it was revealed t...
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Idiocy and meanness reaching new heights in the suburbsMar 16, 2008 11:00 pm - Local, small town "governance" can sometimes be plagued by pettiness and a hunger for power that far outdistances the scope of any elective or appointed position. Now, t...
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Make U of I officials explain themselves on veterans programMar 09, 2008 11:00 pm - It certainly wouldn't be as captivating as the hair-in-the-Coke questions that we enjoyed when Clarence Thomas was up for the U.S. Supreme Court. Nor would it be as thri...
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Todd Stroger finding lost horizon of Cook CountyMar 02, 2008 10:00 pm - "It's not Shangri-La." That was the instant review by Todd Stroger, the Cook County Board president and apparent literary critic, following a dismal performance that sta...
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Fatherly advice to save your life in NIU-style disasterFeb 24, 2008 10:00 pm - Over the weekend, I sent this letter to my own children who are in high school and college: Dear Goudie children, I'm sad and sorry to be writing this to you, but there ...
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There were many red flags before NIU attack; no one noticedFeb 17, 2008 10:00 pm - They're like onions, these campus shooters. At first when you look at them they are smooth and shiny and don't smell much. "There were no red flags" said Northern Illino...
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Two-scoop Monday: What were these candidates thinking?Feb 10, 2008 10:00 pm - Let's face it, if Cook County government was an old silver bowl, it would take a tub of TarnX the size of Soldier Field to make it presentable. So, especially this year,...