A loud cheer for all the little schools
Nostalgia overcomes logic when it comes to high school basketball. As it should. For reasons that have everything to do with hometowns and heart, we have not surrendered the little...
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Rutter: Sit down. Raking leaves is officially a bad idea
You appreciate when science announces your laziness is not only forgiven but even encouraged. So here's my scientific/lifestyle newsflash for the week. If you are headed out for the final...
Rutter: Lake Zurich has deeper issue of values to resolve
We wish we knew the truth more often and with deeper clarity. But institutions want clarity far less than protecting privacy and due process. And protecting themselves from embarrassing questions...
Charming benedictions wasted on thief in nice suits
Robert Pastrick was a charming, affable, grandfatherly statesman and his permanent passage from life at age 88 was a sad moment. The Lake County sheriff was very sad. The Lake...
The week we need the healing of Arlington
Go someday and be healed at the well of America's soul. The quietest, most revered real estate in the nation is the most important this week. It is always the...
Rutter: Look into the night sky for the Super Moon
Time and instinct to look into the night sky and contemplate its grandness are two happy companions of childhood. Many nights in my youth sped by as I contemplated massed...
I-65 has a long record of deadly risks
Safety is our highest concern. You've heard that, right? Ford built the compact Pinto for about 15 years starting in the1970s. Ford said it was safe. It wasn't. It caught...
Rutter: Lake Villa has to answer burning question
Tadd Linderman probably has heard this joke because he's a former funeral home manager. Mother-in-law, on the phone: "I've decided I want to be cremated." Daughter-in-law: "Great! Get your coat...
Can you not hear the prayers of the Sioux?
We all were so preoccupied with the World Series and Halloween that we almost missed dire threats to homeland sovereignty and national security rising in North Dakota. If Canada ever...
Rutter: Fox Waterway Agency sinking in self-created swamp
When Joe Keller was introduced as new director of the Fox Waterway Agency on July 27, 2015, he arrived with high hopes and enthusiasm. But he didn't use the moment...