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Saturday, December 13, 2025

Guest voice: Jack Clark

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     Regular EGD readers are familiar with Jack Clark , the former Chicago cabbie turned mystery writer who checks in occasionally, most rec...
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Friday, December 12, 2025

In snowy weather, CTA bus riders must become mountaineers

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Wynne Delacoma takes the bus (photo for the Sun-Times by Anthony Vazquez)      On Monday, Wynne Delacoma went to ship Christmas presents — e...
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Thursday, December 11, 2025

Bessie Coleman, in the news

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     Former president Barack Obama was in Chicago this week, doing what celebrities do to light up social media: springing himself unexpecte...
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Wednesday, December 10, 2025

Steiff, when you care enough to give a teddy bear not intended for children

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       Hanukkah begins Sunday evening. With Christmas close behind, and all the buying of presents that both holidays demand.      Let's...
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Tuesday, December 9, 2025

'Reconsider whether cars and trucks are the best way to deliver items in dense neighborhoods'

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        On Monday, my column looked at the issues raised by Ald. Daniel La Spata's ordinance facilitating Chicagoans who want to turn i...
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Monday, December 8, 2025

To snitch or not to snitch? Is proposed parking scofflaw law a good idea?

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Bike park at the central train station in Copenhagen.      This is a tough one.      As a rule, I'm not a on-this-hand, on-the-other kin...
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Sunday, December 7, 2025

Flashback 1991: Pearl Harbor terror recalled at rites here

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The 50th anniversary was front page news         Today is Pearl Harbor Day — a Sunday, as it was in 1941. I will fly the flag. Can't say...
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