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NorthShore’s new policy charging for portal inquiries gets mixed reviews
Evanston RoundTable, Dec. 8, 2022 NorthShore University HealthSystem has adopted a new policy charging for some online medical advice. The move may have been inevitable, many patients concede, but not
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
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
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.
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
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,
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
Converging lines, converging lives
Evanston RoundTable, Aug. 31, 2022 The highlight of my recent four-day trip to New York – a trip crammed with visits to the U.S. Open, a Mets game at Citi Field,
Mellow evening for Elvis Costello at Out of Space
Evanston RoundTable, Aug. 6, 2022 Headliner Elvis Costello, the venerable British rocker, played an inspired selection of classics and new material at last night’s Out of Space concert at Canal