Ask Amy
Wife's anger is damaging to the child - January 30, 2012 - Dear Amy: My wife has a tendency to take her frustrations out on me, to the point of lecturing me (loudly) about things that I have not even done.
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Barbara Brotman
Happy ending for homeless hound - January 30, 2012 - Rusty, the stray dog of Oak Brook, has a home.
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Steve Chapman
Finish school or else - January 29, 2012 - Many teenage kids regard school as the functional equivalent of prison — where they are forced to endure oppressive rules, bad food and unpleasant company. For them, Barack Obama has a message: There will be no parole.
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Teddy Greenstein
It's time for Shurna to take over - January 26, 2012 - Tim Doyle saw an empty seat next to John Shurna on Northwestern's chartered flight back from Michigan two weeks ago. Doyle, the BTN analyst and former Wildcat celebrated for his all-around game and Elvis Presley hair, sat down to offer what he...
David Haugh's In the Wake of the News
Bears need Emery's inspired vision - January 29, 2012 - To the delight of Navy football players, the blizzard of 1996 had blanketed their campus in Annapolis, Md., with 2 feet of snow.
Melissa Harris' Chicago Confidential
Former Groupon executive invests in urban winery - January 29, 2012 - New York hipsters know the name Michael Dorf. By the end of 2012, in-the-know Chicagoans will too.
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Globetrotting by Philip Hersh
Abbott unconcerned about old skating rivals' comeback plans - January 29, 2012 - SAN JOSE, Calif. -- When the men's event at the U.S. Figure Skating Championships finished Sunday in the HP Pavilion, Evan Lysacek was in Dubai for some promotional work he declined to specify when we talked last week.
Jon Hilkevitch: Getting Around
Chicago aviation buff pens O'Hare history - January 30, 2012 - Michael Branigan grew up at 63rd Street and Keating Avenue during the mid-1970s in the last bungalow that airplanes flew over before landing at Midway Airport.
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Ask Rex Huppke: I Just Work Here
The many faces of business-casual - January 29, 2012 - Good news for facial-hair enthusiasts. After six decades of flagrant beardscrimination, Walt Disney Co. has lifted its ban on employee goatees and other face fuzz.
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Chris Jones
'Blonde' will, like, totally grow on you - January 30, 2012 - THEATER REVIEW: 'Legally Blonde' 2 1/2 stars; through April 1 at the Marriott Theatre, 10 Marriott Drive, Lincolnshire.
Gregory Karp
Dig deep for right diamond - January 20, 2012 - Smart spenders in the market to buy diamonds, perhaps for Valentine's Day, know all about the four C's: cut, color, clarity and carat. They are the factors that affect a diamond's price. But buyers should also be aware of diamond-buying secrets...
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John Kass
Republicans trip and liberals chuckle, but libertarians will laugh last - January 29, 2012 - The economy is in the tank. Americans are hurting, out of work and underemployed. The housing market hasn't recovered. And a weakened President Barack Obama hopes for good news.
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Julia Keller
Egyptian activist's memoir details the power of social media - January 27, 2012 - If Paul Revere had wielded a laptop instead of a lantern — cut us some slack on the historical improbability here, OK? — he would have understood Wael Ghonim.
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Rick Kogan's Sidewalks
New home a step up for Underground Wonder Bar - January 27, 2012 - The physical differences between the old Underground Wonder Bar and the new Underground Wonder Bar are as striking as those between John C. Reilly and Brad Pitt.
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Gail MarksJarvis
IMF warning of global recession a cold slap in the face for investors - January 25, 2012 - Although the stock market has displayed the most powerful early year rally in 15 years, investors hesitated Tuesday as the International Monetary Fund said the globe is in a precarious financial situation and at risk of a worldwide recession.
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Nina Metz
Life with the talented and touchy - January 26, 2012 - Of the many jobs on a movie set that go unseen by the public, some are dicier than others. Particularly when high-octane egos and mercurial personalities are involved. Equal parts diplomat, celebrity-wrangler and old-school press agent, the unit...
Clarence Page
Where did Haiti's aid go? - January 29, 2012 - Two years after a magnitude-7.0 earthquake struck Haiti killing hundreds of thousands, more than a half-million Haitians are still sleeping under tarps, often in camps without enough water or toilets. As another hurricane season approaches, many...
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Michael Phillips
Readers open to ambiguity - January 27, 2012 - Endings are never easy, and open-ended endings — fantastic paradox! — remind us of the art involved with movie endings that tantalize without nailing down a single explanation or conclusion.
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Mike Mulligan
First order of business for Emery? Define his role - January 29, 2012 - Somewhere on his to-do list, between picking up the dry cleaning and packing extra wool socks, new Bears general manager Phil Emery can cross off one item right now. Forget about cleaning house. Maybe next spring for that one.
Mary Ellen Podmolik
Survey reveals a shift in homebuyer patterns - January 27, 2012 - New data on who took the plunge and purchased a home last year shows that declining prices and mortgage interest rates made homeownership attainable for some Chicagoans who couldn't get into the market just two years earlier.
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Dan Pompei
Bears new GM knows primary task - January 28, 2012 - Having known Phil Emery for more than a decade, I can tell you with complete confidence the Bears new general manager is one of the NFL's best evaluators of talent.
Howard Reich
At 80, Willie Pickens still makes the piano roar - January 28, 2012 - In a long career, Chicagoan Willie Pickens always has maintained high performance standards, but these days he appears to be pushing them still higher.
Phil Rogers
Power rankings: No. 18 Royals - January 29, 2012 - No. 18 Royals: 13th in a series counting down to spring training. Next: Brewers.
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Phil Rosenthal
Facebook IPO: Friending with benefits - January 30, 2012 - Facebook, the company that popularized use of the word "friend" as a verb, is at last poised to go public.
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Ameet Sachdev's Chicago Law
Blagojevich prosecutor leaving U.S. attorney's office - January 27, 2012 - Bringing down a governor or another high-profile defendant is one of those career-defining moments for prosecutors and usually hastens their exit from public service. So it goes for Reid Schar.
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Mary Schmich
A full course of favorites: Nourishment for brain, ears, palate - January 29, 2012 - Every now and then I make an eclectic list of things I've liked recently. Here's the latest.
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Dawn Turner Trice
Little Black Pearl art center is a jewel for North Kenwood neighborhood - January 30, 2012 - When Monica Haslip was coming of age in the early 1970s, her mother worked in the town's first black-owned photography studio in downtown Birmingham, Ala. The studio was not far from the Trailways bus station where a group of Freedom Riders was...
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Phil Vettel
Phil Vettel recommends restaurants with spicy dishes - January 26, 2012 - When it's cold outside, you want to be warm inside, and one way to accomplish that is with a nice jolt of spice in your food. Here are a few dishes, some of them in surprising places, that have gotten our tonsils' attention lately.
John von Rhein
Visiting trio launches Harris Theater chamber music series in high style - January 30, 2012 - Given the rich abundance of chamber music in the Chicago area, some listeners wonder whether it was necessary for the Harris Theater for Music and Dance to import a chamber music group from New York for its classical series.
Ellen Warren
Gradual hair change requires patience, cash - January 27, 2012 - You've got questions, but fear not. Answer Angel's got you covered from head to toe!
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Jen Weigel
Can a mobile phone keep you safe on the go? - January 26, 2012 - We've gathered some more stories about people who saw a need or faced a challenge, and created a solution for our "Problem? No Problem!" series. Here are their stories.
Jon Yates' "What's Your Problem?"
Problem Solver: Army veteran dogged by bad cellphone charge - January 29, 2012 - They day before he was deployed to Iraq in June 2006, Kevin Brown called Sprint and froze his cellphone service.
Eric Zorn
Gingrich's shady Alinsky campaign - January 27, 2012 - I suspect Saul Alinsky would nod with grudging admiration at the way GOP presidential hopeful Newt Gingrich repeatedly injects his name into speeches and interviews.
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American Voices
Joel Brinkley: Is there hope for a North Korean thaw? - January 24, 2012 - Don't give up on Kim Jong-un, the cherubic naif who is North Korea's new supreme leader.
Matt Bowen
Little deception could go long way for Giants - January 21, 2012 - The Giants can use hard play action Sunday in the NFC championship game to test the 49ers' discipline and run/pass keys in the secondary. They will sell the run, force the safety to stick his eyes in the backfield and target wide receiver Victor...
Dennis Byrne
Media, take that! - January 24, 2012 - The media weren't on the Republican primary ballot Saturday, but South Carolina voters gave them a good whupping anyway.
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Steve Dale
Training can help nervous cat tolerate vet visits - January 26, 2012 - ORLANDO, FLA. -- These reader questions were answered at the North American Veterinary Conference here Jan.14-18.
Meghan Daum
Newt's debt to President Clinton - January 27, 2012 - So it's official. No one really cares that Newt Gingrich is an egotistical, vainglorious scoundrel, at least where women are concerned. Sure, his ex-wife went on TV two days before the South Carolina primary and re-dished a bunch of dirt about...
Leah Eskin
In a word: Delicious - January 29, 2012 - We like a good sticky word, one with the courage of its convictions. Like cheese, which is straightforward and to the point. Say cheese and hearty cheddar or crumbly Parmesan come to mind. Cheese stands alone. It's not one of those shifty sorts...
Jonah Goldberg
Obama's vision for a Spartan America - January 27, 2012 - President Obama's State of the Union address was disgusting.
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Ilyce Glink & Samuel Tamkin
Not all troubled borrowers qualify for help with mortgage - January 28, 2012 - Q: I am trying to help my brother-in-law restructure his loan, but the lender won't call us back even after sending us as letter stating they were more than willing to help us.
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Victor Davis Hanson
Fidelity and the presidency - January 26, 2012 - The news media seem obsessed with the serial affairs of a younger Newt Gingrich back in the last century. The anger of his second of three wives mysteriously became national news on ABC's "Nightline" on the eve of the South Carolina...
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Arianna Huffington
Let's focus on what's right with the world - January 25, 2012 - We live in a tumultuous world facing multiple crises, a world where our 24/7 connectedness subjects us to a steady stream of bad news -- from natural disasters and genuine tragedies to our leaders' poor decisions and lack of accountability.
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Benny Kass
Risks of walking away from time share - January 27, 2012 - Q: I have read your articles regarding time shares but I still feel at a loss as to how unload mine. It is completely paid, with the maintenance fees paid every other year. I have offered it on Craigslist but still no bites. I visited a licensed...
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Joyce Lain Kennedy
Mismatch between jobs and skills? - January 29, 2012 - DEAR JOYCE: We see news stories claiming that some companies can't find enough workers to fill their jobs. That's hard to believe! Is there even a thread of truth in this claim? -- P.K.
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Robert Koehler
Works in progress - January 26, 2012 - I'm sitting in my daughter's Baltimore apartment thinking about works in progress. This city is a work in progress and its pockets of vibrancy delight me, partly because, like my own hometown, Detroit, it is too frequently written off in the...
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Charles Krauthammer
Suicide march - January 21, 2012 - "Are you better off today than you were $4 trillion ago?"
Dan McNeil
Hawks, and fans, need a break - January 26, 2012 - The All-Star break couldn't have come at a better time for the Blackhawks. Nobody needs it as much as they do.
Robert Pagliarini: Your Other 8 Hours
Top 5 personal coaching myths - December 24, 2011 - Personal coaching is all the rage. Harvard Business Review reports that coaching is a $1 billion a year industry, but just what is a personal coach, professional coach or life coach, and why are so many executives and individuals using them to...
Kathleen Parker
The misguided portrayal of Michelle Obama - January 16, 2012 - WASHINGTON — I can't speak for Michelle Obama, but call me an angry white woman. If the first lady isn't angry, she certainly has every right to be.
Mark Pearlstein
Bylaws set different standards for leasing units - January 27, 2012 - Q: I bought a unit eight years ago as an investment property where I plan to live when I retire. At the time of the purchase, there were no rental restrictions for the unit. A recent proposal by some residents to increase the number of rentals from...
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William Pfaff
Is a nuclear Iran really to be feared? - January 24, 2012 - PARIS -- The obsession of the American foreign policy community, as well as most American (and a good many international) politicians, by the myth of Iran's "existential" threat to Israel, brings the world steadily closer to another war...
Leonard Pitts, Jr.
For worse or for worst, guns rule - January 29, 2012 - In a democracy, nothing is supposed to matter more than the will of the people.
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Janet Portman
Tenant-parking repeal may be retaliatory - January 27, 2012 - Q: I have a lease that doesn't say anything about pets. My landlord wants me to agree to a new clause prohibiting pets without his consent, but I refused to sign the amended lease, because I was planning on getting a dog.
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Bill Press
The three big lies of Newton Leroy Gingrich - January 26, 2012 - Political junkies like me have never seen anything like it: Running 20 points behind, just a week before the South Carolina primary, Newt Gingrich catapulted to the top of the pile and ended up defeating Mitt Romney by 12 points. It's almost enough...
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Dean Richards
Streep talks about woman behind 'The Iron Lady' - January 27, 2012 - She is the most nominated actor of all time. Meryl Streep has been up for Academy Awards 17 times; 14 times as best actress, three times as supporting actress. She's won twice ("Sophie's Choice" and "Kramer vs. Kramer").
Mark Russell
Mark Russell - January 27, 2012 - Could it be that Gingrich is putting us on? Yanking our chain? Messing with us? A permanent headquarters on the moon by the end of his second term? His second term where -- under observation?
Mary Sanchez
What the homicide numbers don't tell - January 27, 2012 - A recent report by the Violence Policy Center has reconfirmed what most of us already know: Black people are killing black people at astounding rates.
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Daneen Skube
Best advice of 2011 - December 19, 2011 - As many of you sit underneath brilliantly lit trees today opening gifts from "Santa," I'd like to add a few gifts for you to unwrap and launch you into 2012 with more peace, power and productivity. As my loyal readers know, I review my best...
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.
Cal Thomas
A presidential rerun - January 26, 2012 - Summertime is usually when TV networks air repeats of shows we've already seen. In his State of the Union Address Tuesday night, the president got a five-month jump on the summer season by re-running a class-envy video he has broadcast more times...
Joe Trost's Corner Kicks
Joe Trost's Corner Kicks soccer blog | Let's talk about rankings - November 10, 2011 - There will always be debates when it comes to rankings.
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Mary Umberger
Tapping Bank of Mom and Dad generating interest - January 27, 2012 - Can't get a mortgage from the bank? Have you thought about tapping mom and dad on the shoulder?
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Bob Weber
Light points to faulty fix - January 21, 2012 - Q: I drive a 2000 Lincoln Town Car with 120,000 miles. The airbag light came on so I took it to the dealer and they replaced the harness. The light is still on, but they said the harness is all I needed. Should I be concerned?
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George Will
What it was, was football - November 10, 2011 - WASHINGTON — A few millennia from now, when archaeologists from an ascendant Brazil or Turkey or wherever sift the shards of American civilization and find the ruins of the Big House in Ann Arbor, Mich., they will wonder why a 109,901-seat...
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