Monday, November 19, 2012

EXTRA: Guillen turns to ace Buehrle?

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Wouldn’t it be freaky if Ozzie Guillen wound up getting the managerial post of the Toronto Blue Jays for the 2013 season? For he’d li...

Metra increases a fare, after saying there’d be no fare increases this year

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I can’t say I’m surprised at the outrage some people might be feeling these days toward Metra, the commuter railroad system, for the increa...
Saturday, November 17, 2012

Why can’t DePaul play in Lincoln Park?

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I find it amusing to learn of the negotiations taking place about where the men’s basketball program at DePaul University will play its gam...
Friday, November 16, 2012

No more Twinkies?!??

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Is suburban Schiller Park about to lose its claim to fame – namely, being the location of the old Continental Baking Co. where a baker came...
Thursday, November 15, 2012

Define “political corruption”

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It never fails to amuse me what becomes political corruption, and what does not. JACKSON: Violated letter, if not spirit, of law? I...
Wednesday, November 14, 2012

EXTRA: When “present” means “yes”

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I once had an editor-type person whose hard-and-fast rule was to tell us reporter-types that a “present” vote is the same as a “no” vote. ...

Cart ahead of the horse as casino company touts plans for suburban site

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Gambling expansion, particularly construction of casinos, is an issue that we have coped with for decades while apparently going nowhere. ...