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Sunday, June 7, 2020

On the recent protests

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     Honestly? The protests that have been roiling the country have not been an occasion for deep re-evaluation on my part. I've lo...
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Saturday, June 6, 2020

Texas Notes: Searched

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"New Kids on the Block," by Norman Rockwell. This ran in Look Magazine in May, 1967, with an article on Park Forest, Illinois...
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Friday, June 5, 2020

What do protests do? Quite a bit

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Protest march at the 2016 Republican National Convention      So what do these protests do ?      Good question. Space is limited, so...
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Thursday, June 4, 2020

Welcome Prof. Savage's class

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Wrigley Building      Today is a little unusual. Bill Savage, a sui generis Chicagoan—Cubs fan, avid cyclist,  hot dog expert, and Nort...
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Wednesday, June 3, 2020

‘This is my store!’ Loop icon holds on

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     Last Friday, Scott Shapiro wore a necktie — an ivory Italo Ferretti with blue dots — for the first time in more than two months.  ...
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Tuesday, June 2, 2020

Help Central Camera rebuild.

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Photo courtesy of Dave Hoekstra's blog.      I am not a photographer, obviously. But I like to think I have an appreciation for pho...
Monday, June 1, 2020

How could he do it? Riots don’t touch key question

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Photo for the Sun-Times by Ashlee Rezin Garcia      They’re breaking into all the stores. We have nothing on State ...      The updates...
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