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Protect democracy

Evanston RoundTable, Nov. 23, 2022 The RoundTable’s fall fund drive is underway, and if you’re not a contributing member you should consider joining our membership family. These are the supporters

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Autumn glory

Evanston RoundTable, Nov. 9, 2022 I used to dread fall. I’m an outdoors guy: I love to hike, bike, swim, go to the beach, appreciate the sunny blue skies. That

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Mind the Gap

Evanston RoundTable, Oct. 26, 2022 Visitors to London often hear the phrase “Mind the gap” when alighting from the venerable Underground tube trains, the city’s equivalent of our CTA subways.

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Shostakovich and Putin

The great composer had plenty to say about maniacal dictators Evanston RoundTable, Oct. 13, 2022 Dmitri Shostakovich died in 1975, two years after being serenaded by Northwestern students at the

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Beautiful days

Evanston RoundTable, Sept. 29, 2022 With fall at hand, it’s a good time to look back at and celebrate the last three months. And what a summer it was! Mild,

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We blew it

Evanston RoundTable, Sept. 13, 2022 Baby Boomers were handed America on a silver platter. By the end of the Sixties it was gone. Appalled by the chaos I had seen

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