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- Columns & Opinion, Opinion Apr 25, 2019
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Why the Reader is worth saving
The paper has provided a home to a long list of truth tellers.
- News & Politics, The Straight Dope Jun 1, 2018
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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.
- Blogs, Bleader May 12, 2017
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The dividing line between the U.S. and Canada
An addendum to Adam Gopnik's argument that "we could have been Canada."
- Blogs, Bleader Dec 2, 2015
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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.
- Blogs, Bleader May 4, 2015
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RIP essayist William Pfaff, one of America's sharpest international correspondents
The writer and critic died Thursday.
- Arts & Culture, Art Review 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.
- Best of Chicago, City Life 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
- Blogs, Bleader Aug 10, 2012
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U.S. women's soccer team coasts for the gold
The United States women prevail over Japan in Olympic soccer
- Blogs, Bleader Jun 4, 2007
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Land where my brain was fried
America the Alzheimer's.
- Blogs, Bleader Feb 27, 2007
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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?
- Blogs, Bleader Aug 21, 2006
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A different clash of civilizations
Two unlike peas in the continental pod?
