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QUINN MINUTE: Why I carry a business card

When I’m at an event with people I’ve never seen before, I depend on my business card for salvation. Even if you don’t have a job, a card lets you display credentials to get one. You never get a second chance to make a first, engraved impression. If Bob spends his life daydreaming, he can’t brag about that on a resume. But if his business card claims he’s a “futurist,” you’ll consider him a dude with potential. Educational titles on […]

todayFebruary 27, 2026 49

Opinion

OPINION: Mike Repole needs to leave the Battlehawks alone

An article published Monday on Litehouse Media already has me fired up, and I’ve barely started my work week. Why exactly? Mike Repole, the United Football League (UFL)’s newest investor, recently floated an idea to relocate the St. Louis Battlehawks from its current home at The Dome at America’s Center. St. Louis is already a cornerstone market The rationale, as Litehouse Media editor-in-chief Mick Lite reported, was to “enhance the league’s atmosphere by prioritizing smaller, more intimate venues that foster sold-out crowds […]

todayFebruary 23, 2026 103

baseball paywall

Columnists

Major League Baseball and its expanding paywall

Consumer fees are everywhere. They’re even taxing baseball fans. There is a clear disconnect between the seemingly daily reports of positive economic numbers in Washington and on Wall Street and the economic uncertainty reported in surveys of Americans.  From a purely statistical perspective, consumers should be popping champagne. The stock market continues to break records, sending retirement accounts soaring, as economic growth is expected to reach nearly 4 percent this year. Rental prices are dropping in most of the country. And Truflation, a financial data platform […]

todayFebruary 20, 2026 105 1

Linux

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KNAPP: The political and personal case for Linux

You probably use a computer — in fact, you’re probably reading this column on a computer. For 72% of you, that computer is the ubiquitous “standard” Windows PC or laptop. For 20% of you, it’s a Mac. The other 8% of you oddballs mostly use Linux or (Linux-based) ChromeOS. I know the 92% of you who use Windows or macOS get tired of the cool kids telling you this, but it should be the other way around. Almost everyone should […]

todayFebruary 20, 2026 60

wild animals as pets

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QUINN MINUTE: Wild animals as pets

Many towns now prohibit citizens from keeping jungle animals. What, exactly, is a “wild pet?” That depends on your town, and what its council considers more dangerous than a roving bachelor’s party. For instance, some communities term boa constrictors “wild.” In others, they’re considered “non-poisonous reptiles with a lethal hug.” That reminds me of my great aunt, who visited us on holidays. Coyotes, wolves, and hyenas are also wild, even though they disguise themselves as lovable, giant-fanged dogs. My neighbor […]

todayFebruary 20, 2026 50

email etiquette

Columnists

BURCHAM: Practicing good email etiquette

Even with all of the methods available to us for communication, email continues to be one of the most popular ways in the workplace to reach out to others. Although email has been around since 1971, it became more common in the 1990’s. It has been estimated that around 376.4 billion emails were sent DAILY in 2025. With all of these emails we send and receive, there are bound to be some good rules of thumb when creating, sending, and […]

todayFebruary 5, 2026 68

Chicago Bears

Commentary

MILLER: Bears infrastructure plan brewing in Springfield

Illinois House Democrats were told last week that a state capital projects plan designed to assist Arlington Heights’ bid to lure the Chicago Bears away from their Indiana stadium gambit would cost up to $895 million.  None of the money would be used to directly build the new Bears stadium or the surrounding commercial district envisioned by the team’s ownership. Gov. JB Pritzker insisted to reporters earlier this month that the projects would be done to help enhance the area. Capital assistance […]

todayJanuary 26, 2026 99 1

housing

Opinion

STEELE: Trump’s housing ban plan is pure politics

In a gross oversimplification of the housing affordability crisis, President Trump announced on Truth Social his plan to ban institutional investors from purchasing single-family homes. As satisfying as it would be to blame big, bad investment corporations for all our housing woes, they aren’t the problem keeping people from breaking into the housing market. The real barrier to new home ownership is overregulation at the local level. Institutional investors own 1 percent of all single-family housing in the United States, […]

todayJanuary 26, 2026 58

holiday holidays

Columnists

QUINN: After the holidays

Many folks say that after a busy December, January can be a snoozer. So, here’s something to ponder: What is Santa Claus doing now? How about those reindeer? Ever wonder what they do? Me neither. Donner, Blitzen, Comet, and other first-stringers have enough seniority to draw vacation pay. I‘ve heard that the substitutes -- Delbert, Elmore, Hubert, Fester -- often get called at the last minute to fill in for the main guys. This is called “passing the buck.” Idle […]

todayJanuary 23, 2026 40

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