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Friday, November 21, 2025

Landscapers hit hard by ICE blitz, '...accused of the crime of working'

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Barbara Kruger, The Art Institute      Rey was just doing his job — cleaning up a yard in Rogers Park one morning at the end of October — wh...
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Thursday, November 20, 2025

"Beauty emergency"

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      Tuesday morning, after our walk, I went up our driveway to toss Kitty's morning contribution into the trash can by the garage and ...
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Wednesday, November 19, 2025

With 'Amadeus,' Robert Falls shocks by not shocking

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  Ian Barford      We legacy media skew old. The grizzled goat in front of me, picking up press tickets at the Steppenwolf Theatre on Sunday...
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Tuesday, November 18, 2025

Flashback 2006: Alanis hijacked my son's iPod

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      Talk about eerie synchronicity. I dug this up last August and set it aside ... for reasons I can't recall. Looking for something t...
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Monday, November 17, 2025

People still exist even if the Trump administration refuses to see them

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     If the phrase "object permanence" doesn't mean anything to you, then you probably haven't spent much time lately spra...
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Sunday, November 16, 2025

Is there an unsullied spot for new filth to spatter?

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      There is a chance — slight, but delicious to consider — that at this point, one can err too far in caution. Resignation even. The beli...
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Saturday, November 15, 2025

Flashback 2008: Like the first nick in a new car

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      Yesterday being Nov. 14 led to the column on World Diabetes Day, so why not take that lead, and also pivot today's post off today...
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