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Thursday, April 9, 2026

Flashback 2013: Reviewing movies was the least of it

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Roger Ebert comments on NPR in 2006 (Photo courtesy of Sound Opinions)      Shakespeare wrote, in "Julius Caesar," that "the ...
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Wednesday, April 8, 2026

Ye facing the music over idiotic embrace of Nazism

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Illinois Holocaust Museum      Did you notice, in Monday's column , how I copped to not knowing about the Greek god Artemis before the c...
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Tuesday, April 7, 2026

Little life

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     I've reflected previously on the Latin term, memento mori , literally "remember to die," but interpreted as, "remem...
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Monday, April 6, 2026

NASA, of all people, gets back into the space biz

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  Artemis II crew.      Too bad some of the fame attached to remarks made on humanity's first landing on the moon, "Houston, Tranqu...
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Sunday, April 5, 2026

Recessional

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  Winged bull from the throne room of Sargon II (Institute for the Study of Ancient Cultures)      Saturday dawned quiet.  The big pots were...
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Saturday, April 4, 2026

Work in progress: Jack Clark on giving books titles

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     Regular contributor Jack Clark has been on a roll. Readers like him, I like him. To be honest, I might not even have thought that today...
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Friday, April 3, 2026

Birthright citizenship opposition puts the lie to 'illegal'

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Haters pretend they have no problem with legal immigrants, when of course they do.       Thursday morning, when I was having coffee in the ...
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