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Monday, March 9, 2026

How many angels can dance on the head of a pin?

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     The media has so much going wrong at the moment — bowing before a despot, decimated staffs, meddling owners — that it seems almost unf...
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Sunday, March 8, 2026

The dawn after his night

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      So Jesse Jackson was buried Saturday, and more than two weeks have passed since the great civil rights leader left us.        Time for...
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Saturday, March 7, 2026

Three presidents, and thousands of everyday people, celebrate the life and legacy of Jesse Jackson

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      This was an assignment. I don't get asked to cover much spot news. But my obituary of Jesse Jackson racked up millions of views, a...
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Friday, March 6, 2026

Dante guides us through hell, and today's politics

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     Unlike you, I've watched a movie with Roger Ebert. And not just any movie, Fellini's "La Dolce Vita," my colleague pa...
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Thursday, March 5, 2026

Picking wheat out of the chaff

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     Sometimes I include the backstory. Sometimes I don't. Wednesday's column didn't come out of the blue — what happened was, t...
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Wednesday, March 4, 2026

Fight against child abuse made more difficult by Epstein scandal

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     The children arrive every day.      "Monday we had 11 kids come in. Tuesday we had 10," said Char Rivette, chief executive of...
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Tuesday, March 3, 2026

Mailbag

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         Not a ton of reader reaction to Monday's column on the war in Iran. Not surprising. Protracted historical metaphors might be u...
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