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Monday, March 30, 2026

There is no debate over the ongoing abuse of immigrants

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"The Last Yankee," 1888      Journalism is failing America.      At least mainstream media, newspapers and TV networks and such, t...
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Sunday, March 29, 2026

Mesmee-rized

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          Is AI writing advertising now too? I saw the above over Wordle, and instantly thought that, then decided, no, it sounds more like ...
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Saturday, March 28, 2026

Works in progress: Jack Clark on drugs

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Sign, San Ignacio, Belize.        Turns out Jack Clark and I have more in common than I thought. Back in the day, we both took a dim view of...
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Friday, March 27, 2026

Americans, once 'suffocated by smog, poisoned by water,' face return to bad old days

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Protesting pollution on LaSalle Street, 1970.      In 1889, the American correspondent for the Allahabad Pioneer arrived on the shores of La...
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Thursday, March 26, 2026

Sparrows

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          If you're not careful, trying to solve one problem, you end up creating a worse problem.      House sparrows, such as these bl...
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Wednesday, March 25, 2026

Donald Trump mounts a Chicago hobbyhorse — Christopher Columbus

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Columbus monument, Barcelona, Spain.      Certain issues just seem to belong to Chicago. Dibs, for instance. That peculiar tradition of tryi...
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Tuesday, March 24, 2026

Flashback 2012: If they go to school, kids will know who Pulaski was

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      There are so many tragedies manifesting themselves right now — a deepening war, a shuddering economy, a corrupt and cruel American gov...
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