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Thursday, October 15, 2026

'Look at Miss Ohio'

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  Berea, Ohio       At the start of my morning stretches — have to push this rotator cuff repair back to normalacy — I called up Apple music...
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Wednesday, October 14, 2026

Trump weighs a public execution, which once elicited delight — and revulsion

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     A reader writes, aghast at government plans to livestream the execution of Nidal Malik Hasan, the U.S. Army major who murdered 13 fello...
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Tuesday, October 13, 2026

Cornell: 'Where Men of Muscle Win Their Way'

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Grove Street Cemetery Gatehouse, New Haven, Connecticut        When I was a freshman at Northwestern, I kept a wooden paddle in my dorm room...
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Monday, October 12, 2026

Flashback 1998: A Rush campaign for mayor would have familiar, hollow ring

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     Occasionally I will meet someone who expressses surprise — so I'm still working? As a columnist? At the Sun-Times? A fact they migh...
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Sunday, October 11, 2026

Block 37 owner is new, but is the curse still the same?

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In 2013, Block 37 brought in ringers to at least get folks to their doorway.      News items: "Orland Park-based Edwards Realty Co. an...
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Saturday, October 10, 2026

The roar of the cannoli

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        An old newspaper pal of mine and I decided to have lunch. Since he lives in Lemont, which is a haul from Northbrook, and Northbrook ...
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Friday, October 9, 2026

Dear AI — so how, exactly, are you going to kill us?

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"Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse" (detail) by Albrecht Dürer (Metropolitan Museum of Art)      Yes, artificial intelligence is sup...
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