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Saturday, January 17, 2026

Works in progress: Jack Clark

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         Much is going on with Jack Clark, who needs no introduction — he's a periodic contributor to EGD. There is a new memoir, "...
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Friday, January 16, 2026

Wrapping our heads around a trillion, now that Alphabet is worth $4,000,000,000,000

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       One is easy. Look in the mirror. You are one.      Or a single basketball, tossed onto a court.      Ten, no trouble. Ten players on ...
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Thursday, January 15, 2026

"Combine" should suffice

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           God bless the kids. They not only travel the world, but come back bearing all sorts of goodies: olive oil from Portugal, a cerami...
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Wednesday, January 14, 2026

Bears playoff telecast exposes dark truth of Navy Pier sign — glitchy bulbs

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     Photo by Kerry Reid      In my 30 years — at the end of January — as a columnist for the Chicago Sun-Times, I've been tasked by rea...
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Tuesday, January 13, 2026

Don't blame me...

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      What do you think when you see a Tesla Cybertruck? "Moron." "Headcase." "Fear junkie." There are a varie...
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Monday, January 12, 2026

Will taking Greenland by force make us feel like men?

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     Trivia time!      What is the biggest nation on earth? In land area, that is. I'm not talking about largeness of spirit or national...
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Sunday, January 11, 2026

When tech fails, you can always old school it

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     I have never communicated through semaphore flag — I didn't get that far in Scouting. But if the need arose, through some improbabl...
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