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Columns & Opinion
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Opinion
Apr 25, 2019
Why the
Reader
is worth saving
The paper has provided a home to a long list of truth tellers.
By Leonard C. Goodman
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Media
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The Straight Dope
Jun 1, 2018
Can Congress be given the authority to override a presidential pardon?
A law alone wouldn't do it—the best place to challenge a presidential pardon would be in court.
By Cecil Adams
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Bleader
May 12, 2017
The dividing line between the U.S. and Canada
An addendum to Adam Gopnik's argument that "we could have been Canada."
By Michael Miner
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the Reader
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Joseph McCarthy
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Dec 2, 2015
The Man in the High Castle
imagines a world ruled by Nazis
Amazon's latest original series tackles Philip K. Dick's novel, in which America lost World War II.
By Brianna Wellen
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May 4, 2015
RIP essayist William Pfaff, one of America's sharpest international correspondents
The writer and critic died Thursday.
By Michael Miner
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Jan 27, 2014
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Solidarity in the American south in "Beyond Swastika and Jim Crow"
A new exhibit at the DuSable Museum looks at young African-American scholars in the Jim Crow era—and the German Jewish refugees who became their teachers.
By Danette Chavez
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Jun 20, 2013
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Best Obscure Monument That Determines When You Get to Work
Plaque commemorating the creation of the U.S. standard time system
By Mick Dumke
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Aug 10, 2012
U.S. women's soccer team coasts for the gold
The United States women prevail over Japan in Olympic soccer
By Ted Cox
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Jun 4, 2007
Land where my brain was fried
America the Alzheimer's.
By Harold Henderson
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Feb 27, 2007
Three idle questions about the Oscars
Was George W. Bush the elephant in room? Is world cinema a series of soap operas? And is The Departed Martin Scorsese's best movie?
By Jonathan Rosenbaum
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Aug 21, 2006
A different clash of civilizations
Two unlike peas in the continental pod?
By Harold Henderson
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America
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Richard Rodriguez
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