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Saturday, September 26, 2026

Flashback 2011: So now we’re supposed to heed the U.N.

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  "Daniel in the Lions' Den," by Sir Peter Paul Rubens (National Gallery of Art)        As promised, here is the column where ...
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Friday, September 25, 2026

AI is 'going to be part of our lives for a really, really long time'

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"The Thinker," by Auguste Rodin (National Gallery of Art)        Robots, rather than the software that runs them, are what first a...
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Thursday, September 24, 2026

Busy Sept. 23

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       I love writing books. You learn so much, though never enough — particularly when you bit off a big topic, such as Judaism, and have o...
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Wednesday, September 23, 2026

Is it OK for adults to wear pajamas in public?

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     Lately I’ve been walking down the street in my pajamas.      Not regularly. A couple of times.      OK, four. Maybe five.      Which mi...
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Tuesday, September 22, 2026

Flashback 2003: Ground down? In a rut? Just go fly a kite

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The original 1903 Wright Brothers Flyer (Smithsonian Air & Space Museum)       Not only do I write for the Sun-Times, but I read it, and...
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Monday, September 21, 2026

At least Joe Biden isn't being airbrushed away — yet

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     In this job, it helps to have stock phrases. That way, you don't have to think up something new and clever every time you answer a...
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Sunday, September 20, 2026

Farm kitten

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        Cute kitten, right?       I try to have a point to these posts and columns, but can today's be simply that? A kitten that is cu...
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