On Thanksgiving Day, Daniel Ray and I hosted a mystery menu dinner here for both sides of our family

Well, winter has spoken, and her official reign doesn’t even begin for another two weeks.

It’s impossible to ignore the dichotomy of one school celebrating the infusion of federal cash while another demonstrates the possible peril if such funding streams are throttled.

“Read all about it! Read all about it?”

The overwhelming majority of proposals involve framing maternal mortality as a public health issue and therefore wielding governmental resources in response.

When wading into the murky waters of how Illinois funds essential operations, it’s common to be only ankle deep before wondering if the confusion is intentional.

From Lambeau and Lombardi to Halas and Ditka, from Favre and Rodgers to Luckman and McMahon, from Payton and Sayers to Starr and Hornung, from the Titletown era to the ’85 Bears, the rivalry has endured for over a century.

Our nation’s officially-designated day for giving thanks has come and gone.

For this column, I’m going to share some excerpts from my mother, Elizabeth Coblentz’s, columns from November 1994