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Wednesday, June 17, 2026

Happy birthday to me, her and Donald Trump

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    Ed Paschke, "Mid-America"      My 66th birthday, my granddaughter's 1st birthday, and Donald Trump's 80th, all fell wi...
Tuesday, June 16, 2026

Flashback 2003: Burying oneself in Joyce brings more than 1 benefit

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      Today is the 16th of June, aka Bloomsday, the day in which the entirety of James Joyce's "Ulysses" takes place. I never...
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Monday, June 15, 2026

'This is why people hate liberals'

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       A detail can be intriguing and yet not fit into the story you are writing. A matter of tone. For instance, this sign, noticed in the ...
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Sunday, June 14, 2026

Obama Presidential Center aims to lift Chicago, and the nation

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     This is the lead article from today's special section about the opening of the Obama Presidential Section. I imagine that by now th...
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Saturday, June 13, 2026

Like the Obama Presidential Center, Jackson Park was born over the furious objections of Chicagoans

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Frederick Law Olmsted assumed Chicagoans making the journey to Jackson Park would come by boat, so the Midway Plaisance was originally inten...
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Friday, June 12, 2026

We love your book! Now give us money...

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     "Fortune Teller," by Georges de la Tour.       No column in the paper today. I'm taking a few days off. Of course, I will...
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Thursday, June 11, 2026

To get the full crock of shit, you must be online

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     The 13th anniversary of this blog is at the end of the month, and it occurs to me a number of years has passed since anyone complained ...
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