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Friday, January 30, 2026

Minneapolis ICE killings the latest shocks in a haystack of last straws

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Still four rings to go. Virgil and Dante being rowed across the River Styx (Gustave Dore)      Oh honey.      You think this is going to be ...
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Thursday, January 29, 2026

My top ten

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  The Sun-Times took this shot for some kind of promotional campaign that never happened. Yes, I worried it was affected to take it at the N...
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Wednesday, January 28, 2026

Coping with the grief of a loved one lost to COVID

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Sandra Wittman      A black-and-white cat paused in the doorway, giving me the once-over.      "There's Oscar," said Sandra Wi...
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Tuesday, January 27, 2026

Flashback 1992: High voltage

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On the west communications mast of the John Hancock Building in 1992. (Photo by Robert A. Davis)      Wednesday is the 30th anniversary of m...
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Monday, January 26, 2026

Chicago Restaurant Week, a time to enjoy good food, served well in nice places

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       "Remind me," I told my wife, as a pair of luscious pork chops were slid under my nose at Psistaria Greek Taverna on Touhy, ...
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Sunday, January 25, 2026

RIP, Jens Zorn

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   At the cemetery in Jim Thorpe, Pennsylvania      Readers sometimes mistake the obituaries that run in newspapers for the obituaries publi...
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Saturday, January 24, 2026

Works in progress: Charles Berg

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   Letter (Metropolitan Museum of Art)      I have a soft spot for folks who write letters to newspapers. Passionate, opinionated, often mak...
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