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Could it happen here?

Evanston RoundTable, July 6, 2022 Of course. All the more reason to redouble our efforts. When my son Dan was a freshman at Evanston Township High School, I asked him

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Goodbye

Evanston RoundTable, June 22, 2022 “The world has gone mad today, and good’s bad today, and black’s white today, and day’s night today.” – Cole Porter Bill. Billy. Der Bingle,

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Sweet spring

Evanston RoundTable, June 7, 2022 Like all good things, it’s here and then gone. Enjoy it while you can. But now it’s back, as if winter and summer have agreed, reluctantly,

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Second chance

Evanston RoundTable, May 24, 2022 Others have their heaven. This is mine. There is a phrase I recently heard that describes a plant about to die: going over. While I

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Spring has unsprung

Evanston RoundTable, May 3, 2022 I remember spring. It was several Saturdays ago, blue sky, light breeze, in the 70s. I took myself to the wonderfully named Rocky Miller Park

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America the beautiful

Evanston RoundTable, April 20, 2022 I have been feeling grateful lately (see this recent column), especially about our home town, Evanston, and our nation. We moved from Skokie to our

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