Ask Amy
Porn site pops up and threatens family trust - August 4, 2011 - Dear Amy: A few days ago while I was on the computer, I went to open a new tab. Whenever this is done, it shows a list of recently visited sites.
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Fred Mitchell's Around Town
Bears newcomers try to fit in - July 31, 2011 - This is the time of year when football coaches typically refer to new players by their uniform numbers instead of their last names.
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Barbara Brotman
Doctors hope new CPR method puts lifesaving technique in everyone's hands - August 1, 2011 - The fellow in the hospital bed looked pretty poorly. His mouth was frozen in a strange grin and his skin tone was waxy. Rubbery, really.
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Steve Chapman
The 10th Amendment and phony federalism - August 4, 2011 - The 10th Amendment to the Constitution is like the skinny teenage girl who blossoms over the summer and suddenly finds herself besieged by suitors. Once ignored, it has found a host of champions among Republican presidential candidates who are...
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Teddy Greenstein
18 holes with David Chung - August 1, 2011 - A spectacular run as an amateur golfer has afforded David Chung some rare experiences — shaking the hand of a former U.S. vice president, dining with Tiger Woods in the Champions Locker Room at Augusta National and being showered with...
David Haugh's In the Wake of the News
Dent calls his own tune - August 4, 2011 - Little Richard Dent couldn't sing. Or dance. Or play the drums and guitar.
Melissa Harris' Chicago Confidential
A Kennedy on a quest to do more - July 31, 2011 - I had just 30 minutes to talk with Christopher Kennedy, the outgoing chief of Chicago's Merchandise Mart and the eighth of Robert F. Kennedy's 11 children. So I got to the point.
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Philip Hersh
Timing not right for U.S. in 2020 - July 1, 2011 - While a U.S. bid for the 2020 Summer Olympics still seems very unlikely, USOC chief executive Scott Blackmun didn't rule it out this week.
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Jon Hilkevitch's Getting Around
Zeppelin impresses at Oshkosh air show - August 1, 2011 - — Captain Jim Dexter takes passengers up for a spectacular 360-degree view of the earth aboard an aircraft he dubs "the ultimate skybox."
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Ask Rex Huppke: I Just Work Here
I Just Work Here: Handling the office stinker - August 1, 2011 - Did anyone consider just painting the debt ceiling the same color as the walls? It really would make the whole room look bigger.
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Chris Jones
Casting announced for 'My Fair Lady' at Paramount - July 19, 2011 - The Paramount Theatre has announced the cast for its first self-produced musical: Jim Corti's fall production of "My Fair Lady."
Gregory Karp
Why we blunder when we buy - July 22, 2011 - Consumers might say they like easy buying decisions, but they don't.
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John Kass
Nepotism? Or Newmanism? - August 4, 2011 - Stefano Allesina, an assistant professor of ecology and evolution at the University of Chicago, comes from a town near Modena in north-central Italy, which is known for excellent balsamic vinegar.
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Julia Keller
The ABCs of summer reading - July 30, 2011 - Henry James once opined that the two most beautiful words in the English language are "summer afternoon." I would like to edit James — alas, who wouldn't? — and bestow the most felicitous phrase award upon the words "summer reading."
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Rick Kogan's Sidewalks
Marina City's story among many on river - July 29, 2011 - I heard another sad story last week from an 8-year-old boy who lives on the South Side and told me that he has never seen the Chicago River.
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Greg Kot
Foo Fighters to headline Metro in Lollapalooza after-show - August 4, 2011 - The Foo Fighters, who already are scheduled to close the Lollapalooza festival Sunday, also will play a more intimate concert Saturday at Metro.
Gail MarksJarvis
Emerging-market booms in doubt as China tackles internal challenges - August 3, 2011 - With many American consumers crippled by debt and job distress, investment advisers have urged clients to look past the United States and devote some money to emerging markets.
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Nina Metz
The new doc 'Life in a Day,' starring Chicago - July 29, 2011 - A year ago, producer Ridley Scott and director Kevin Macdonald asked anyone with access to a video camera (or even a camera phone) to record bits of their lives on July 24, 2010, and then upload the footage to YouTube, after which Macdonald would...
Clarence Page
Recipe for budget fights - August 3, 2011 - A "sugar-coated Satan sandwich." That's what Rep. Emanuel Cleaver, a Missouri Democrat and chairman of the Congressional Black Caucus, called the bipartisan deal to raise the debt ceiling —as he announced he was voting for it.
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Michael Phillips
Another McDonagh makes his mark - August 4, 2011 - Three years older than his currently more famous brother, Martin, writer-director John Michael McDonagh shot his debut film feature, "The Guard" starring Brendan Gleeson, near their retired parents' home in County Galway, Ireland. His currently...
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Mary Ellen Podmolik
Many workers still priced out of housing market - July 29, 2011 - The Chicago area's ranking in a new study of home affordability looks promising, until you start to look at paychecks.
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Dan Pompei
It's a mystery why Dent had to wait so long for Hall call - August 3, 2011 - Before Ron Santo's death last December, he and Richard Dent could have had a good talk, commiserating about feelings that very few other people on the planet could have fully understood.
Howard Reich
South Shore JazzFest flexes its muscle - August 4, 2011 - Two years ago, Chicago impresario-vocalist Geraldine de Haas believed her days of staging the annual South Shore JazzFest might be over.
Phil Rogers
Guillen in frustrating position - August 4, 2011 - Ozzie Guillen has never been PC, and, bless him, he's not mellowing with age.
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Phil Rosenthal
In deal's wake, has economy already started retreating? - August 3, 2011 - Whatever solace may be taken from the U.S. economy being tugged back from the precipice of disaster with a D.C. debt-limit compromise is tempered by the suspicion that the whole thing could still backslide into the abyss of another recession.
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Ameet Sachdev's Chicago Law
U. of C. professor argues privatization of public assets just like borrowing money - July 22, 2011 - Mayor Rahm Emanuel may want to update his summer reading list with an article by a law professor at the University of Chicago.
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Mary Schmich
Obama turning the big 5-0. Now for a little advice ... - August 3, 2011 - Barack Obama turns 50 on Thursday, a fact he'd probably be thinking about even if he weren't marking it with a birthday fundraiser in Chicago on Wednesday.
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Dawn Turner Trice
Breaking the silence - August 1, 2011 - Donna Rogers spent Saturday afternoon marching through a portion of the Englewood community denouncing the area's violence. This was her first time marching.
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Phil Vettel
Stealth steakhouse - August 4, 2011 - I've heard of restaurants with bells and whistles, but this is crazy.
John von Rhein
He's the hottest young composer around. But catching Nico Muhly isn't easy. - August 2, 2011 - Nico Muhly apologized for missing our phone interview. By an entire day, as it turned out.
Ellen Warren
Skip the gym membership, get the pedometer - August 3, 2011 - If you need a reminder to think twice about investing in an exercise bike or a treadmill, it's right there, sitting out on someone's lawn or driveway with a big "For Sale" sign on it.
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Jen Weigel
Work gifts: To give or not to give? - August 4, 2011 - Your co-worker is having a birthday and you are approached to put some money toward a group gift. Trouble is, you don't know this person very well. Does that mean you have to fork out some cash for someone you barely know?
Jon Yates' "What's Your Problem?"
Problem Solver: Hotmail freeze burns user - August 4, 2011 - The night before she left on vacation, Sharon Brown's Hotmail account was working swimmingly.
Eric Zorn
Debt deal leaves lefties praying for relief - August 3, 2011 - Monday night, I was watching "The Daily Show" and "The Colbert Report" on cable's Comedy Central network — some refer to this ritual as "attending liberal church" for how these programs cleanse the progressive soul at the end of a long news...
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Julia Allison: Social Studies
How airlines are embracing social media - July 26, 2011 - DEAR JULIA: I'm a young professional who flies upward of eight times a month -- what the oldsters used to call a "road warrior." Unsurprisingly, I'm addicted to my "CrackBerry," my laptop and iPad are practically fused to my fingers, and I...
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Matt Bowen
Waiting for name to be called on draft day nerve-wracking - April 24, 2011 - The dynamic of the NFL draft goes much deeper than first-round picks walking across the stage in three-piece suits (bought by their agents) to shake the commissioner's hand.
Dennis Byrne
The truth hurts: Bleak indicators - August 2, 2011 - The fierce debate over raising the federal borrowing limit has had at least one happy result: The public's newly found awareness that Washington must borrow 40 cents for every dollar it spends.
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Meghan Daum
The siren song of Google+ - July 29, 2011 - Google+, which launched a month ago to great fanfare, is so far feeling more like Google nonplussed. Reported to have crossed the 20-million-user mark last weekend, the new social networking site is designed to correct one of Facebook's major...
Don Dziedzina
Testing waters at Rock Run Rookery - July 29, 2011 - The Rock Run Rookery has been on my go-to list since it first opened to fishing last month.
Leah Eskin
Tried and true - July 31, 2011 - Fish takes naturally to the grill. It must be the contrast between water and fire, cool and hot, brine and char.
Ilyce Glink
Foreclosure activity falls, but for how long? - August 4, 2011 - In its latest report, RealtyTrac announced that foreclosure activity fell on a year-over-year basis in 84 percent of metro areas with at least 200,000 residents.
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Jonah Goldberg
Men behaving badly - June 3, 2011 - Rep. Anthony Weiner of New York is a very busy man. He sits on several important committees. He's newly married to a high-powered wife. He's planning a run for mayor of New York, which they call "the city that never sleeps" for a reason. In fact,...
Benny Kass
Giving property as a gift requires careful tax planning - July 29, 2011 - I receive a large number of email questions on a monthly basis, and try to answer as many as I can. I wish I could respond personally to everyone, but that is not possible.
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Joyce Lain Kennedy
Keep network charged to jump-start job search - August 3, 2011 - Q. After looking for eight months, I found what I thought was a great job and tried to save time by shutting down my networking efforts. Four months later, my great job went south when my new employer closed shop. Ginning up my network again is...
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Charles Krauthammer
Big push for the Half-Trillion plan - July 25, 2011 - WASHINGTON — The debt ceiling looms. Confusion reigns. Schemes abound. We are deep in a hole with, as of now, only three ways out: the (Sen. Mitch) McConnell plan, the G6 plan and the Half-Trillion plan.
Dan McNeil
The lost season - August 4, 2011 - It's been a dreadful week for White Sox fans, all of whom expected — at the minimum — a reasonable fight to the finish.
Robert Pagliarini: Your Other 8 Hours
Start living your miracle life - August 1, 2011 - Last week I asked the Miracle Question from Solution-Focused therapy, which is simply, "If a miracle occurs tonight while you sleep that solves all of your problems, how would you know when you woke up that a miracle occurred? What would be...
Kathleen Parker
Standing on bizarre principles - August 4, 2011 - — Actually, no, Mr. Vice President, the tea party gang wasn't "acting like terrorists." They were acting like kidnappers. Let's get our insults correct.
Mark Pearlstein
Board has right to examine accounting records - July 29, 2011 - Q: I am currently the treasurer of our association in the western suburbs. Since taking this office, I have been questioning charges by our management company. We pay bank charges for check deposits and direct debits. These charges do not appear...
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Leonard Pitts
'Everybody look what's goin' down' - July 28, 2011 - Cry "Havoc!" and let slip the dogs of war.
Janet Portman
Don't get stuck paying for tenants' blight - July 29, 2011 - Q: My tenants incurred a fine from the city that claimed that their poor housekeeping (really, their yard-keeping) was a violation of city codes. The ordinance says I'm responsible for paying the fine, too. I think that's unfair — after...
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Dean Richards
Out of the office: Carell enjoying family time - July 22, 2011 - — Steve Carell has come a long way from his days as a waiter at the Hard Rock Cafe in Chicago. It was his day job while he also did comedy at Second City comedy club here. Now he can walk away from plum jobs like his six-time Emmy-...
Daneen Skube: Interpersonal Edge
Dealing with emotional terrorists - August 1, 2011 - Q. Our organization is considering promoting a current vice president to CEO. She is prejudicial and overbearing, has no people skills, calls employees stupid, belittles them many times, resulting in tears, is always right, and yells in public at...
David Sobolewski
'We had bigger goals' - March 21, 2011 - Obviously, the Benet team and community had an extremely rough time with the unexpected end to the season.
Joe Trost's Corner Kicks
Girls soccer | Joe Trost's Corner Kicks: Madison County teams sweep the state tournament - June 9, 2011 - Darren Geisler, an avid soccer fan from downstate Illinois, sent an email last week thanking me for picking Granite City to advance to the semifinals of the Class 3A state tournament last weekend.
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Mary Umberger
The down-payment hurdle - July 29, 2011 - Tight credit is leaving the housing market gasping for air. That's the drum beat from many corners of the real estate industry, which has been complaining loudly that restrictive mortgage-lending standards are a leading reason housing can't seem to...
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Bob Weber
An inflated tire diagnosis? - August 1, 2011 - Q: I have a 2003 Chrysler Town & Country with 76,000 miles. It has begun displaying the message "Service Tire System Soon/Read Owners Manual." Since all tires are inflated with nitrogen I am wondering if it may be a TPMS malfunction. Any...
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George Will
Who will bat against 'Alibi' Obama? - July 8, 2011 - "If he popped up in the pinch he should of made a base hit and the reason he didn't was so-and-so. And if he cracked one for three bases he ought to had a home run, only the ball wasn't lively, or the wind brought it back, or he tripped on a...
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