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Saturday, October 17, 2026

And those XXS are going fast...

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           I settled into bed with the this week's New Yorker, admired the front cover, glanced at the back and paused, puzzled, then lo...
Friday, October 16, 2026

An open letter to Pope Leo XIV on cancer and how to survive it

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Debbie Dana Dear Pope Leo:      Whenever a friend gets cancer, I usually buy them a copy of “Time on Fire: My Comedy of Terrors,” by Evan Ha...
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Thursday, October 15, 2026

'Look at Miss Ohio'

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  Berea, Ohio       At the start of my morning stretches — have to push this rotator cuff repair back to normalacy — I called up Apple music...
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Wednesday, October 14, 2026

Trump weighs a public execution, which once elicited delight — and revulsion

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     A reader writes, aghast at government plans to livestream the execution of Nidal Malik Hasan, the U.S. Army major who murdered 13 fello...
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Tuesday, October 13, 2026

Cornell: 'Where Men of Muscle Win Their Way'

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Grove Street Cemetery Gatehouse, New Haven, Connecticut        When I was a freshman at Northwestern, I kept a wooden paddle in my dorm room...
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Monday, October 12, 2026

Flashback 1998: A Rush campaign for mayor would have familiar, hollow ring

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     Occasionally I will meet someone who expressses surprise — so I'm still working? As a columnist? At the Sun-Times? A fact they migh...
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Sunday, October 11, 2026

Block 37 owner is new, but is the curse still the same?

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In 2013, Block 37 brought in ringers to at least get folks to their doorway.      News items: "Orland Park-based Edwards Realty Co. an...
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