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Retired players Stan Mikita, from left, Denis Savard and Bobby Hull share a laugh during the opening ceremonies of the Blackhawks Convention at the Hilton Chicago in 2013.

The heart of Stan Mikita

May 31, 2019 at 4:10 p.m.

After hearing that Chicago Blackhawks great Hall of Famer Stan Mikita died after a long illness, I drove to Berwyn. To Connie’s Family Restaurant, a classic Greek diner on Harlem....

In Chicagoese, as reader Tom Winike writes, " 'Out indy alley' is where arguments between young men are settled."

Preserving ‘Chicagoese’: Iz dere an app ferdat?

May 31, 2019 at 4:10 p.m.

In a recent column on Chicagoese, I worried that someday the lovely, mellifluous native tongue of our city by the lake will be lost. And rather than just standing by...

Civility left off menu at Maxine Waters’ cafe

May 31, 2019 at 4:10 p.m.

What does an alleged “white supremacist” like Candace Owens — who is a black conservative — eat for breakfast while being attacked by angry white leftists at a diner? Salted...

Mayor Rahm Emanuel speaks to the media as Chicago police superintendent Eddie Johnson, right, looks on at the Chicago Police District 6 station regarding the violence over the weekend Aug. 6, 2018.

Rahm can’t spin his way out of the Chicago street gang wars

May 31, 2019 at 4:10 p.m.

Paul Vallas and others challenging Mayor Rahm Emanuel — and focusing on Chicago’s weak response to the slaughter in the streets — know this about the mayor of Chicago. He...

Chicago is home to a beautiful and distinctive language: Chicagoese.

Preservationists, please save a dying language before it’s too late: Chicagoese

May 31, 2019 at 4:10 p.m.

Chicago preservationists love throwing lavish fundraising galas to save the great things in the city by the lake. Like prairie style homes, soaring old skyscrapers, even the humble bungalow. Preservationists...

The republican side, foreground, of the House chamber in the Illinois state capitol building in Springfield is nearly empty as its members are in caucus on May 31, 2018.

What was on mind of former legislator caught up in Springfield’s latest sex scandal? I really don’t want to know

May 31, 2019 at 4:10 p.m.

I’m sorry, but I can’t begin to explain the mind of Nick Sauer, the Illinois Republican legislator who resigned in disgrace the other day in what is being described as...

Dorothy Brown, Cook County Clerk of the Circuit Court, announces her candidacy for Chicago mayor April 22, 2018, at the Chicago Hilton and Towers.

The Golden Moutza of July: CPS and Bogan High School’s principal

May 31, 2019 at 4:11 p.m.

Dorothy Brown. The sex-obsessed topiary guy. Kiki Challenge. Les Moonves. The Democrat obsessed with her opponent’s alleged Bigfoot erotica. And anyone who defends HBO’s Westworld Season 2. Come on, it...

This courtroom sketch depicts Paul Manafort, fourth from right, standing with his lawyers in front of U.S. district Judge T.S. Ellis III, rear, and the selected jury, left, during the jury selection at the Alexandria Federal Courthouse in Alexandria, Va., on July 31, 2018.

Media don’t want to understand Trump voters, all 63 million of them

May 31, 2019 at 4:11 p.m.

As the tax evasion trial of former presidential campaign manager Paul Manafort began, the Trump-hating Democratic Media Complex renewed its howls, hoping Manafort flips and gives up Trump’s head. Mollie...

Mayoral candidate Willie Wilson concedes during an election party at the Swissotel on Feb. 24, 2015, in Chicago.

In race for mayor: Wilson announces new cash giveaway. Gainer’s withdrawal helps Vallas.

May 31, 2019 at 4:11 p.m.

Chicago mayoral candidate Willie Wilson is doubling down on his unusual habit giving away his own money, ignoring critics who say he’s just trying to buy votes. Wilson announced plans...

A sparse crowd watches the second inning between the Chicago White Sox and Oakland Athletics in the first game of a double header at Guaranteed Rate Field on June 22, 2018, in Chicago.

Giving baseball another try

May 31, 2019 at 4:10 p.m.

Can you come home to baseball? “You could give it a try,” Dominick Lynch, a young writer and born White Sox fan, said over breakfast in a diner. “You could...

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