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Self-congratulatory environmentalism
Back East, folks somehow think it's enough to carry a reusable bag to a farmer's market. That prompts a screed against saving the earth with symbols.
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Speling and grammer: lost causes?
Our author, a spelling champ in her youth, tries to explain across the generational divide
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Humor: The Fear Olympics
The competition over catastrophizing couldn't come at a better time, and our author is one of the contestants.
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Getting the music right for Obama's Inaugural
You start with the obvious choice, Mavis Staples. Then there's the Chicago connection, and world music.
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Lakeside's "N" word poet responds
African American poet Mona Lisa Saloy defends reading her poem "The "N" Word at Lakeside School.