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Thursday, July 9, 2026

Flashback 1999: Deep background — Dig this: Foot by foot, tunnel moves ahead

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         The Deep Tunnel is a vast, 110-mile-long, 30-year-old, $3 billion-dollar project. It isn't yet completed, but already is provin...
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Wednesday, July 8, 2026

Sophie Cunningham finger paints a vivid picture of MAGA mindset

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      After this ran, a reader chided me for letting it run without a photo of the point itself, assuming it was a mistake. It wasn't. W...
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Tuesday, July 7, 2026

'Be alive, until you are not'

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     Sunday was a beautiful day at the Chicago Botanic Garden. That's about all I have to say. Families out in abundance, the hot weathe...
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Monday, July 6, 2026

Those Patriot Front fellows seem confused about what ‘pride’ means

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Rosenborg Castle, Copenhagen      I'm white. I'm proud. Yet I'm confused about this “white pride” business.      Because the two...
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Sunday, July 5, 2026

Needlework

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      "NEIL I," CVS informed me Saturday, via email, my middle initial making me seem like some kind of dynastic monarch, "yo...
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Saturday, July 4, 2026

Flashback 1989: Waiving the flag - American ideals come out the winner in artwork furor

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"What is the Proper Way to Display a U.S. Flag?" by Dread Scott      Having pretty much exhausted what I have to say about the 25o...
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Friday, July 3, 2026

The enemies of American freedom also had the upper hand on July 4, 1776

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Eric Slauter      Three lifetimes. Laid end to end.      Not so very long, in those terms. Between Saturday, July 4, 2026, the 250th anniver...
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