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Tuesday, September 15, 2026

Flashback 1996: Culture is lovely, but bring on the fat lady

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  Latvian soprano Marina Rebeka, making her Lyric debut as Violetta in "La Traviata" in 2013 (Photo  by Todd Rosenberg, courtesy o...
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Monday, September 14, 2026

Is truth whatever you want it to be?

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Ryan P. Carney, of St. Charles, warms up in an alley before an appearance with the folk group Antony and the Tramps at the Glenwood Avenue A...
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Sunday, September 13, 2026

Works in progress: The Emmys Are Self-Sabotaging

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  Reina Sofia Museum, Madrid      The Emmy Awards are Monday night. This critique is by Chicago teacher and writer Lane Lubell, who occasion...
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Saturday, September 12, 2026

Flashback 2010: They came for Muslims; I was not a Muslim

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  Fajr — morning prayer, Morton Grove, 2013        Rosh Hashana, the Jewish New Year — 5787, for those keeping track at home — began Friday ...
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Friday, September 11, 2026

Memories of 9/11 horror still fresh after a quarter-century

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     On Sept. 11, 2001, my older son was 5, and some mornings played video games on my computer. So I wasn't plugged into the world that...
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Thursday, September 10, 2026

'Jesus won't you fuckin' whistle?' — Songs about recovery

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      Facebook gets a lot of crap, and rightly so. What used to be a chance to keep up with your friends has degraded into a sewer of cheap ...
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Wednesday, September 9, 2026

Rejecting cruelty of a nation bent on squashing trans Americans

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Moon over Alabama, by Richard Linder      The war on trans Americans continues unabated. The government cashiers loyal and effective soldier...
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