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Monday, February 2, 2026

'Code of silence' no big secret in Chicago, where every cop is well-versed

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     How disappointed are you that former Mayor Rahm Emanuel won't be testifying about the Chicago Police Department's notorious ...
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Sunday, February 1, 2026

"Make it be spring"

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Natasha      Margaret Atwood didn't just write "The Handmaid's Tale," you know. She's also a poet — 18 volumes publish...
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Saturday, January 31, 2026

Quite beautiful

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     So Friday morning, busy with research, emails and even a quick nip out to the Bean Bar for coffee with a colleague, slowed toward lunch...
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Friday, January 30, 2026

Minneapolis ICE killings the latest shocks in a haystack of last straws

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Still four rings to go. Virgil and Dante being rowed across the River Styx (Gustave Dore)      Oh honey.      You think this is going to be ...
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Thursday, January 29, 2026

My top ten

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  The Sun-Times took this shot for some kind of promotional campaign that never happened. Yes, I worried it was affected to take it at the N...
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Wednesday, January 28, 2026

Coping with the grief of a loved one lost to COVID

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Sandra Wittman      A black-and-white cat paused in the doorway, giving me the once-over.      "There's Oscar," said Sandra Wi...
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Tuesday, January 27, 2026

Flashback 1992: High voltage

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On the west communications mast of the John Hancock Building in 1992. (Photo by Robert A. Davis)      Wednesday is the 30th anniversary of m...
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