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Sunday, October 18, 2026

Illinois is the Land of Lincoln, the Prairie State and… America’s Pumpkin Capital. Here's why.

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John Ackerman, in a pumpkin field in Morton, Illinois.       This story began in mid-August, when the Chicago Teachers Union sued the Illino...
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Saturday, October 17, 2026

And those XXS are going fast...

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           I settled into bed with the this week's New Yorker, admired the front cover, glanced at the back and paused, puzzled, then lo...
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Friday, October 16, 2026

An open letter to Pope Leo XIV on cancer and how to survive it

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Debbie Dana Dear Pope Leo:      Whenever a friend gets cancer, I usually buy them a copy of “Time on Fire: My Comedy of Terrors,” by Evan Ha...
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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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