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Friday, September 4, 2026

Celebrate jobs — while we still have them — on Labor Day

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     We lose jobs, find jobs, love jobs, hate them, sometimes all at once.      A lucky few snag their dream, early, then work with growing ...
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Thursday, September 3, 2026

Flashback 2000: Flying without the greatest of ease

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Jon Weiss does his job (photo courtesy of ABC News)      Labor Day is this Monday, and I've been thinking about jobs, and the meaning of...
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Wednesday, September 2, 2026

Summer of 2026 wasn't total loss — at least there are tomatoes

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     Did your tomatoes come in this year? Yes? A bountiful crop? That’s too bad, because wastewater from cooling the giant AI data centers b...
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Tuesday, September 1, 2026

Restaurant field notes: Culver's

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  A Double Deluxe Butter Burger         Readers have made it abundantly clear that I can come off as ... what's the word? ... I was goi...
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Monday, August 31, 2026

Maybe we need to pass a law conferring personhood onto women

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    "Women and Dog," by Marisol (Whitney Museum of Art)      Women are human, right?      I’m fairly certain they are. They’ve got...
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Sunday, August 30, 2026

Bad statuary continued

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       As a rule, I'm proud of Illinois. An placid lake of humane, rights-affirming blue in a sea of frothing red, with Indiana, the Mis...
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Saturday, August 29, 2026

Who is this man?

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     Take a look at the man above.    Recognize him?    I knew who he is supposed to be, because I read regular correspondent Tony Galati...
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