Saturday, December 19, 2015

What becomes of old family photos? Do we wither away into history?

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It was recently that I attended a party when one of my cousins gave her brother what might appear to be an odd gift – a giant frame containi...
Friday, December 18, 2015

‘Chicago’ gets moment in Hall of Fame

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It’s at a time like this that I wish the Chicago Transit Authority hadn’t been so uptight about its public image nearly a half-century ago...
Thursday, December 17, 2015

Who matters more? Does it really matter? It's baseball in Chicago

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I’m sure some baseball fans are making half-wit jokes these days about how the only place the Chicago White Sox matter is in Havana – where ...
Wednesday, December 16, 2015

EXTRA: Nonsense talk often prevails

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It’s a known fact that the more ridiculous, irrelevant or ludicrous a campaign accusation is, the better chance it has of sticking in the ...

Is union membership so oppressive?

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Learning that suburban Lincolnshire has declared itself to be a “right to work” zone makes me wonder what some people have against the con...
Tuesday, December 15, 2015

The sight that Rahm may really fear threatens to go on attack in near future

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As if Mayor Rahm Emanuel didn’t have enough people upset with him these days, he now gets the most outspoken of his critics back again. ...
Monday, December 14, 2015

No matter how unpopular, can anyone put up a serious challenge to Alvarez for state’s attorney this year?

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I don’t doubt that some people are outraged at Cook County State’s Attorney Anita Alvarez, and not just because it seems her office took w...