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Opinion editor for the Daily Herald, the voice of Chicago's suburbs. I also run, write fiction, read & wrestle with the three greatest sons any man could have.

Mount Prospect, IL
Joined April 2009
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@dailyherald is one of the top #Chicago newspapers and the one w/ the best lobby for sure. Today I sat w/ @JimSlusher and editorial board to talk about Turkey-US relations, Turkish communities and answered their questions about topical issues. Thank you for having me.
This is what reporters do.
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Don't try to take this photo while you're driving down the tollway. Retweet ours instead! teapawt.net/Katlyn_eSmith/status/1…
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PR Council of Lake County: today’s presentation is about #fakenews and why facts matter from @dailyherald leadership. Great topic! @petenenni
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Forever in blue jeans, but no puffy shirt or coifed hair teapawt.net/dailyherald/status/724…
Government complaints about #FOIA response costs rings hollow in the Internet age. Just put it all online and stop hiding behind FOIA.
Exclusive: @CookCountyGOP chair plans to oust 13 committeemen at meeting tonight who've voted as Dems. @dailyherald dailyherald.com/article/2016…
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Daily Herald obtains audio of @CollegeDuPage closed-door meeting on Breuder buyout dailyherald.com/article/2015… via @dailyherald
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KILLING THE CURSE by @dennishetzel and @authorRick Robinson #99cent #Kindle #MothersDay #baseball Chicago @Cubs amzn.to/1nzdLRr
Author @dennishetzel describes integration of sports & politics in new thriller: "Kiling the Curse" ow.ly/wpoPE @thrillerwriters
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“We are free people, and free people feel no fear,” @mashaalekhina of #PussyRiot tells me: cnn.it/1c7M8Y8
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Me: "Write more like you talk." Them: "Dude, you don't want me to write like I talk." Me: "I don't want you to write like you write, either.
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Illinois politics your thing? Jamey Dunn (@IllinoisIssues) talks campaigns w/ Mike Riopell (@DHStatehouse) bit.ly/16ZPHjp
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Dear servers: When the customer says, "Thank you", the appropriate response is "You're welcome", not "No problem."
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Litterbugs could, and should, lose their cars trib.in/1bm4Udx
Flashback: Watch Paul McCartney perform the 'Abbey Road' medley in 1997: rol.st/ZqVSvD
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Ted Cruz said debt was 10 trill when his daughter was born and is now 16 trill. What the He'll did she do?
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Oprah just delivered a poor woman's baby on stage, and then sent it to college.
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How cool. @lupefiasco dad loaned #bears Mike Singletary his Samurai armor back in the '80s. http://j.mp/fRmvsc