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Friday, February 6, 2026

Epstein files circus hides sex abuse horror in plain sight

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"Char Dolly" by Parsons & Charlesworth (Chicago Cultural Center)        Sure I'm in the Epstein files. Big city columnist,...
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Thursday, February 5, 2026

Flashback 1985: "Mom, do I have to go to school?"

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  Boy on the floor playing with a toy car, by Charles Ray (Art Institute of Chicago)      Some stories stick with you. Almost 30 years later...
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Wednesday, February 4, 2026

For ICE protesters, high-tech punishment for standing up for what's right

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     "Social credit" is a bland phrase in English. What does it even mean? The slight rise in status you experience after throwing...
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Tuesday, February 3, 2026

Dante, love and cheesecake

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           Valentine's Day looms — a week from Saturday. You've done nothing, of course. It helps to have a plan. For starters, what...
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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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