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Memorial Day weekend schedules: America honors its war dead
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IRS, Obama, and plausible deniability
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The four legendary beauties of China
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BELLA: Rahm Emanuel vs. the Chicago school system
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Celebrity and its role in social change: Angelina Jolie
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Liven up Memorial Day meals with tips and recipes from the experts
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Kerry, Hague and peace-talk hypocrisy
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Is Medtronic (NYSE: MDT) a buy?
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Brandywine Museums & Gardens Alliance honors U.S. Military
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March against Monsanto: Raising concern over healthy food freedoms
Nicholas Goralka
Nick Goralka is a sports enthusiast with eclectic interests. In addition to cheering on and suffering along with his Chicago teams, Nick is a competitively-ranked tennis player, enjoys debating real versus imaginary numbers in mathematical functions, and is a trumpet soloist in his Jazz ensemble which has performed throughout Chicago and for Mayor Rahm Emmanuel and Vice President Joe Biden at a recent charity fundraiser.
Nick is still in high school, steadily working his way through his Statistics class, and learning more and more every day about analyzing the sports that he loves.
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Ingredients for Healthy Living
Reflections on raising families in a holistic way -- with a focus on nutrition and alternative health.
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March against Monsanto: Raising concern over healthy food freedoms
Saturday’s March Against Monsanto comes in a busy season of court cases and books on food freedom and rights buy healthy foods
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Film tells history of Farm midwife Ina May Gaskin
Documentary chronicles history of Tennessee midwifery center and its leader, Ina May Gaskin.
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Gardening and wellness festival grows from grassroots
Grow Your Health to showcase documentary “In Organic We Trust”
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Fourfold Path to Healing conference opens in California
Healers to discuss the benefits of traditional diets, healing movement, and natural medicine
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March against Monsanto: Raising concern over healthy food freedoms
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Life Lines: Where Readers Write
Join the Communities and submit your column in response to one written, or on something totally new and unique. We want to hear from you
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Urban Game Changer
A mother of three and a passionate conservative, Shirley Husar changes the game.
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Forbidden Table Talk
Political satirist and Christian apologist Bob Siegel discusses religion and politics.
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World View
Columns from Voices around the World talking about the events, people, politics and social issues that concern us wherever, and whoever, we are.
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Middle Class Guy
What does the middle-class conservative think about everything? Find out here.
Recent Entries by Nicholas Goralka
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Chicago Bulls need Derrick Rose to come back this year
Published 7:38 p.m. March 17, 2013
A newly announced hamstring injury notwithstanding, Derrick Rose shouldn’t think twice about returning this year if he’s physically healthy.
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Oscar Pistorius: The tragedy of another inspirational superstar
Published 5:04 p.m. February 19, 2013
From Lance Armstrong to Oscar Pistorius, we are painfully reminded every day that good athletes aren't necessarily good people.
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An ode to London Fletcher, a better linebacker than Ray Lewis
Published 7:51 a.m. January 23, 2013
With Ray Lewis’ recent decision to retire, many believe he's the greatest linebacker ever, but he might not even be the greatest today.
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Russell Wilson and Colin Kaepernick show the future of NFL quarterbacks
Published 11:55 a.m. January 14, 2013
Though Tom Brady looked impressive, Colin Kaepernick and Russell Wilson showed the world the true future of the NFL’s field generals.
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2012: The year Chicago had the most disappointing sports season ever.
Published 6:47 p.m. January 10, 2013
Derrick Rose, Jay Cutler, the White Sox and the NHL all teamed up to make Chicago fans miserable in 2012.
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The contradiction of the Dallas Cowboys’ Josh Brent
Published 8:50 p.m. December 18, 2012
It’s impossible to tell if we as a society should shun him or support him; the only thing all of us can do is learn from him.
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The absurdity of the NBA’s fine of the San Antonio Spurs
Published 1:04 a.m. December 7, 2012
David Stern set a dangerous precedent when he decided to fine the Spurs $250,000 for resting their four best players in a game against the Miami Heat.
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Why the Charlotte Bobcats could make the NBA playoffs
Published 9:21 a.m. November 20, 2012
An overlooked, overachieving Charlotte team has as good a chance as any to steal one of the last two spots in the East.
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Presidential debates are pointless and counterproductive
Published 6:22 p.m. October 22, 2012
With all the media hype surrounding these debates, no one has asked the one unanswerable question: Why do we watch these things?
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The SEC bias in college football needs to end
Published 7:31 p.m. October 18, 2012
Breaking news: there is more than one conference in college football. If only the BCS could see it.
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A belated thank you to the NFL replacement Refs
Published 9:09 a.m. October 9, 2012
It wasn’t your fault you were put in that situation where you underwent more criticism than anyone not named Kardashian has seen in years, so thank you.
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Washington Redskins’ Robert Griffin III is secretly Tony Stark, the Iron Man
Published 3:59 p.m. September 16, 2012
A young, handsome millionaire with superpowers like nobody has ever seen?
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Why Democrats and Republicans hold conventions
Published 2:55 p.m. September 7, 2012
With undecided voters few and far between, conventions aren't about teaching anyone anything. The real goal of of the RNC and DNC was to deliver safe, scripted, zero-content pep rallies.
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NFL predictions for the 2012 playoffs: NFC
Published 10:06 p.m. September 3, 2012
Barring injuries, as is the case every year, here are the twelve teams that will find themselves in the postseason come playoff time.
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Olympics 2012: The real Dream Team: USA women’s basketball
Published 11:31 a.m. August 3, 2012
With all of the focus on who said what on the men’s basketball team, we’re all being distracted from America’s truly dominant squad: the women.
