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What Chicago sportswriters want you to forget

What Chicago sportswriters want you to forget

December 29, 20143 min read

With GM Phil Emery finally cut loose and the short, but not-quite-short-enough, Trestman era coming to a crashing end, the last major item on the

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A book excerpt: On Newsrooms

December 24, 20143 min read

As you may have noticed, I’m kinda taking the adult version of Christmas break. The news cycle gets slower this time of year, Larry and

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Finally! The December 18, 2014 edition of Left, Right and You…

Finally! The December 18, 2014 edition of Left, Right and You…

December 19, 20142 min read

… is right here! Sorry for the delay folks! So Elgin city council contender Fred Moulton was the first to take us up on our

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Technical difficulties!

December 18, 20141 min read

Sorry podcast listeners, the audio file of today’s Left, Right and You did not transfer correctly. We will have the show up as soon as

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Get ready for Left, Right and You!

Get ready for Left, Right and You!

December 18, 20142 min read

That’s the voice promo and now for the full breakdown! Larry and I have already had an interesting conversation on the Tribune’s Brian Dugan interviews

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It's time to stop calling ourselves Christians

It's time to stop calling ourselves Christians

December 18, 20144 min read

So since it was Wednesday, an after a morning of writing, I dutifully headed off to Graham Cracker Comics in St. Charles in eager anticipation

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Todd Martin weighs in on "roadside safety checks"

Todd Martin weighs in on "roadside safety checks"

December 16, 20142 min read

Regarding yesterday’s piece on the Geneva Police Department’s roadside “safety check” which netted all of ONE drunk driver out of 41 tickets issued. So here’s

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What customers hate about their servers

What customers hate about their servers

December 16, 20147 min read

I know it was a mistake, but it’s so fascinating to delve into an entitlement mentality so vast that the oblivious wielder is willing to

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Your constitutional rights at work!

Your constitutional rights at work!

December 15, 20144 min read

I still love newspapers and, just like it is with any love affair, there are times those Daily Herald reporters drive me nuts, and there

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Here’s to Joe Marconi!

Here’s to Joe Marconi!

December 12, 20143 min read

There are very few out-of-the-blue guests who truly impress my capable radio cohost, Larry Jones, and myself. But Batavian extraordinaire Joe Marconi was certainly one

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