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Monday, July 16, 2018

Traitor Week, #1: Catiline "Our very lives and liberty are at stake"

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Cicero denounces Catiline, by Cesare Maccari        Americans have a hard time wrapping their heads around treason. Maybe because our...
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Sunday, July 15, 2018

How much is that doggie food in the window?

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           The deal the Costcos of the world make with their customers is pretty straightforward: you buy in bulk, we give you a discount...
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Saturday, July 14, 2018

Change is hard

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       My younger boy is moving to Virginia, and in my capacity as a full-service dad, Friday I helped him close up the apartment that, la...
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Friday, July 13, 2018

Despite what Republicans say, they're fine with CERTAIN babies dying ...

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Metropolitan Museum of Art      When Republicans natter on about being pro-life and wanting to save babies, they're really referri...
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Thursday, July 12, 2018

I love wordplay as much as the next guy. However...

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      And people think "every goddamn day" is edgy...     Wednesday I was leaving the Department of Motor Vehicles—after a mo...
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Wednesday, July 11, 2018

What's something that women in prison just can't get enough of? Books

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Perimeter fence, Cook County Jail      Among the hardships of prison — bars, noise, other prisoners — there is the trouble with books....
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Tuesday, July 10, 2018

'No doubt'

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Thomas Hobbes      "Scientia potentia est," Thomas Hobbes wrote in Leviathan . "Knowledge itself is power."      ...
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