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Yes, my neighborhood in the South Loop is a border town now
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My memories of Chicago's Standard Club
Or as everyone knows it now, the migrant shelter at Jackson and Plymouth
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Remember when my Starbucks was gone? Well, Sip and Savor is here now to save the day!
Here's the story and below it, a Rerun from September about my sad Starbucks saga
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Rerun, 2018: Monitoring the air quality on my corner sure taught me a few things about the EPA, particulates and Wifi
I wrote this piece five years ago; it even won an award. I thought of it a lot last week as I frequently checked my outside air quality, in light of the…
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In five days Brandon Johnson will be our new Chicago Mayor....
Here's my humble advice
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Rerun, 2019: The story of a Palestinian and a Jew in Chicago--at a time when only loyalty to each other counted....
I wrote this four years ago and posted it on my old blog. Since then, a wonderful friendship developed between me and Ty Cahas' granddaughter, Alicia…
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The "Hilma" movie at Gene Siskel Film Center, Chicago ....
Another wonderful WITASWAN event......
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Rerun, 1993: My piece about Marianne Williamson that ran in my regular Sunday column in the Chicago Tribune....
She is an announced Democrat candidate and taking on President Joe Biden in the primary (if he runs) and I just saw her on ABC's This Week. And she was…
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Mom, I think I'm Poignant
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Mom, I think I'm Poignant

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