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Monday, September 7, 2026

''Work is play for mortal stakes'

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     Robert Frost is like Norman Rockwell — an American icon who many wrongly assume to be a purveyor of mere kitsch — since his popular wor...
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Sunday, September 6, 2026

Flashback 1992: Wisconsin Shakespeare Just Plain Delightful

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     The blog comments were disabled Friday, for reasons mysterious, but returned Saturday morning. The lacuna, annoying while it was going ...
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Saturday, September 5, 2026

Restaurant field notes: Little Louie's

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      So what was my most read post this past week? My take on artificial intelligence? My thoughtful dissection of the abortion issue? No....
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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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