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Sunday, June 7, 2026

Flashback 2003: Religion will ban everything, as long as we allow it to

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      It's clear why I've never re-printed this before — a queasy glimpse at booze boy in action, perhaps best forgotten. But on Jun...
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Saturday, June 6, 2026

Letter from Paris: Pastries

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Photos by Hélène       My suggestion last week that EGD Paris bureau chief Jack Clark consider exploring pastries was poorly received by so...
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Friday, June 5, 2026

Will Chicago happily eat dolmades and drink roditis in Trump Tower?

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     In southern Greece, at the foot of Mount Artemisio, is a tiny village called Nestani. About 500 people live there, some still herding g...
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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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