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Friday, May 29, 2026

Puzzles are the anti-TikTok, the antidote to mind-numbing social media

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     If you asked me to list the three greatest cartoonists from a century ago, the first two would be easy: No. 1, George Herriman, whose “...
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Thursday, May 28, 2026

Thank you for not mentioning my betrayal of America today...

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     My Wednesday column, an obituary of CSO violinist Samuel Magad, was written because a relative of his, a friend and former colleague, ...
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Wednesday, May 27, 2026

Samuel Magad, an 'impeccable' violinist for the Chicago Symphony Orchestra for 48 years, dies

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       When Samuel Magad auditioned for the Chicago Symphony Orchestra as a 26-year-old vet fresh from the U.S. Army Orchestra, he of course...
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Tuesday, May 26, 2026

Now if he can just pressure Berkeley into signing up...

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  Macbeth and the Witches (1770: Metropolitan Museum of Art)       I try not to traffic in the obvious — always pausing to suppress the urge...
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Monday, May 25, 2026

Flashback 2009: Intrusion — or solemn reminder?

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  The dignified transfer of Army Spc. Lukasz D. Saczek of Lake in the Hills, Ill., at Dover Air Force Base.   (US Air Force photo/Roland Bal...
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Sunday, May 24, 2026

Flashback 1999: A club that's for all kids

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      Facebook served up this column from 1999, which I posted a dozen years ago when the Boy Scouts were enduring one of their regular spat...
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Saturday, May 23, 2026

Works in progress: Jack Clark in Paris, deux

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The Louvre, Paris       As a certified museum guy, I have to admit that frequent contributor  Jack Clark 's pride at never visiting the ...
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