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This photo provided by Warner Bros. Pictures shows Michael B. Jordan, right, as Adonis Johnson and Sylvester Stallone as Rocky Balboa in Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures', Warner Bros. Pictures' and New Line Cinema's drama "Creed," a Warner Bros. Pictures release. The movie opened in U.S. theaters on Nov. 25, 2015.

‘Creed’ — a reminder to ‘rage against the dying of the light’

May 11, 2019 at 2:50 a.m.

In the new movie "Creed," Rocky Balboa once again mounts the steps of the Philadelphia Museum of Art. In the original "Rocky," the climb up those stairs was the climax...

With Donald Trump, GOP doubles down on anger

June 20, 2019 at 2:26 p.m.

"You got to give the people what they want." O'Jays Even by his standards, it was an astounding performance. Over the course of just two days this month, Donald Trump...

The family of Tyshawn Lee gathers at Haven of Rest Church in the South Chicago neighborhood for Lee's visitation, Monday, Nov. 9, 2015.

The blood of our children

May 11, 2019 at 2:45 a.m.

We are gathered here today not to argue about some policy prescription, nor to excoriate some public figure. No, we are gathered because sometimes you have no choice, sometimes you...

Is Jimmy John’s bullying workers with non-compete agreements?

June 3, 2019 at 6:34 p.m.

According to legend, it happened because he didn't want to leave the gaming table. Maybe he was riding a hot streak. Whatever the reason, he couldn't be bothered with going...

An Oklahoma City firefighter walks near damaged cars outside the Alfred Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City after a bombing on April 19, 1995.

Today’s unhinged and the 20th anniversary of the Oklahoma City bombing

April 17, 2020 at 11:56 a.m.

On Sunday, it will be 20 years since the morning a bomb destroyed the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City and took 168 human lives. Nineteen of those...

People arrive to attend the final session of the term at the U.S. Supreme Court on June 30 in Washington, D.C.

Supreme Court’s Hobby Lobby ruling is narrow-minded

June 17, 2018 at 1:31 p.m.

Relax. This is not a slippery slope. So Justices Samuel Alito writing for the majority and Anthony Kennedy writing in concurrence take pains to assure us in the wake of...

Auctioning relic from tragedy is offensive

August 20, 2021 at 9:37 a.m.

I'm willing to give Jared November the benefit of the doubt. Some might say there's not a lot of doubt to work with, but what there is, sure. Let him...

THE FATHER OF SCREAM TV SILENCED

August 20, 2021 at 6:33 a.m.

The Mouth fell silent last week. Morton Downey Jr. died of complications from cancer. And if you just said, "Morton who?" you must be young or blessedly forgetful. Either way,...

HASTA LA VISTA, BABY

August 20, 2021 at 9:53 p.m.

Just over a year ago, somebody approached Monica Lewinsky in an airport and asked for an autograph. Lewinsky declined to sign, explaining, "I'm kind of known for something that's not...

DISCRIMINATION IS NO `UNDEFINED THING’

August 20, 2021 at 8:08 p.m.

So it seems this newspaper in Jacksonville, Fla., ran an editorial that's got a lot of people steamed up. Funny thing is, most of those people work for the paper....

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