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Thursday, June 4, 2026

Save candor for people you respect

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Scott Pelley Courtesy CBS News        Yeah, Scott Pelley is heroic. He's also unemployed, having violated one of the core tenets for lon...
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Wednesday, June 3, 2026

Sometimes a fellow just can't avoid going to fancy restaurants

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     I don't live in New York City and am neither rich nor a foodie. Yet I've been to four of "The 100 Best Restaurants in NYC/...
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Tuesday, June 2, 2026

'Willie the Wimp and his Cadillac Coffin'

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Illustration by Lauren Nassef       Spencer Leak Jr. passed away at the young age of 56. In their obituary of the scion of the famous South...
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Monday, June 1, 2026

'So wholesome and so Chicago' — Lakeview couple comes to aid of porchless neighbor

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  Laurel Parks, left, and Stephanie  Vasconcellos      In an ideal world, homeowners with odd-numbered addresses would buy a lawnmower, whil...
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Sunday, May 31, 2026

And by "meow," I mean, "You're handsome and a good owner..."

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     Our dog Kitty can talk. Well, after a fashion. She certainly communicates with me, from morning — about 5:15 a.m., when she appears at ...
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Saturday, May 30, 2026

Letter from Paris

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       The summer of 1977 I turned 17 and spent a month in Geneva, Switzerland. A long time ago. But I remember the one movie playing at the...
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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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