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Friday, June 12, 2026

We love your book! Now give us money...

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     "Fortune Teller," by Georges de la Tour.       No column in the paper today. I'm taking a few days off. Of course, I will...
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Thursday, June 11, 2026

To get the full crock of shit, you must be online

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     The 13th anniversary of this blog is at the end of the month, and it occurs to me a number of years has passed since anyone complained ...
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Wednesday, June 10, 2026

New Obama Presidential Center tries to offer hope for a better world

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"Hope" by Jack Pierson       "This is the permanent home for hope," Valerie Jarrett, former top White House adviser and ...
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Tuesday, June 9, 2026

Life puzzles #1: What to do with newspaper bags?

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       Monday morning was rainy. But my newspapers were nice and dry, waiting for me at the foot of my walk, through the miracle of plastic ...
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Monday, June 8, 2026

Have you ever actually been to Hammond?

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     Do you know why  Marshall Field's was renamed Macy's? Federated could have kept the Field's name after the 2005 acquisition...
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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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