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Saturday, May 31, 2025

Out with the experts, in with the flunkies

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  LL Cool J, by Kehinde Wiley (National Portait Gallery)      As a child, my favorite part of the Smithsonian was the Air & Space Museum...
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Friday, May 30, 2025

Flashback 2008: Who's on first? Hillary hailed as Everest conqueror, but it was Tenzing

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     When I wrote my book on failure, I wanted to consider a vast, arduous undertaking where the achievement of the goal and the non-achieve...
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Thursday, May 29, 2025

I'll park my feathery ass wherever I please!

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      "Anthropomorphize" is the five-dollar word of the day.      I'm assuming regular readers of this blog already know what...
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Wednesday, May 28, 2025

Flashback 2001: Essee — The fire, light and love of Kup's life

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Essee Kupcinet, right, with her famous husband and noted singer Frank Sinatra       Monday I ran the obituary of Sun-Times celebrity column...
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Tuesday, May 27, 2025

Flashback 2003: 'Mr. Chicago' is dead at 91

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      When mentioning Irv Kupcinet in my column last week , I went to check his obituary, and was surprised to see that it had never been po...
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Monday, May 26, 2025

Flashback 2006: Sometimes with the heroism comes the horror

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  Northbrook Memorial Day parade, 2024       I almost hit you with a "Happy Memorial Day." Then thought about what the holiday rep...
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Sunday, May 25, 2025

'That's human nature'

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National Museum of African-American History and Culture, Washington, D.C.      "What makes a young, educated person from Chicago do thi...
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