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On the 50th anniversary of the sinking of the Edmund Fitzgerald, I attended a memorial service at the ship’s nearest shore, Whitefish Point, at the very top of Michigan. www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/11/a...
A ceremony remembers the Edmund Fitzgerald 50 years later, gales of November included
Friends and family members gathered at the Great Lakes Shipwreck Museum in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula to ring the bell and remember those who died 50 years ago.
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November 15, 2025 at 3:07 PM
On the 50th anniversary of the sinking of the Edmund Fitzgerald, I attended a memorial service at the ship’s nearest shore, Whitefish Point, at the very top of Michigan. www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/11/a...
On the 50th anniversary of the sinking of the Edmund Fitzgerald, I attended a memorial service at the ship’s nearest shore, Whitefish Point, at the very top of Michigan. www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/11/a...
A ceremony remembers the Edmund Fitzgerald 50 years later, gales of November included
Friends and family members gathered at the Great Lakes Shipwreck Museum in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula to ring the bell and remember those who died 50 years ago.
www.chicagotribune.com
November 15, 2025 at 3:07 PM
On the 50th anniversary of the sinking of the Edmund Fitzgerald, I attended a memorial service at the ship’s nearest shore, Whitefish Point, at the very top of Michigan. www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/11/a...
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My visit to the National Funeral Directors convention was lively: Rather be water or ashes? Turned into mulch or left to rot? Released over the ocean by a jet? Buried in a mushroom casket? Turned into a rock?
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/04/f...
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/04/f...
From cradle to grave: There was something for everyone alive and otherwise at the Chicago funeral directors convention
You can learn a lot about your options for the afterlife at the annual trade show, which recently ended at McCormick Place. It was not a solemn gathering.
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November 9, 2025 at 2:13 PM
My visit to the National Funeral Directors convention was lively: Rather be water or ashes? Turned into mulch or left to rot? Released over the ocean by a jet? Buried in a mushroom casket? Turned into a rock?
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/04/f...
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/04/f...
My visit to the National Funeral Directors convention was lively: Rather be water or ashes? Turned into mulch or left to rot? Released over the ocean by a jet? Buried in a mushroom casket? Turned into a rock?
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/04/f...
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/04/f...
From cradle to grave: There was something for everyone alive and otherwise at the Chicago funeral directors convention
You can learn a lot about your options for the afterlife at the annual trade show, which recently ended at McCormick Place. It was not a solemn gathering.
www.chicagotribune.com
November 9, 2025 at 2:13 PM
My visit to the National Funeral Directors convention was lively: Rather be water or ashes? Turned into mulch or left to rot? Released over the ocean by a jet? Buried in a mushroom casket? Turned into a rock?
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/04/f...
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/04/f...
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I wrote a bit about the Illinois tradition of insane high school mascot names everyone takes for granted - and the legislation that could change a few www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/07/i...
Column: Why changing problematic high school nicknames is back in the spotlight — and a lesson in history
As playoff football games unfold across the state, two prospective bills are resurfacing in Springfield that insist the village of Freeburg, and many other Illinois schools, rethink their problemat…
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November 8, 2025 at 5:50 PM
I wrote a bit about the Illinois tradition of insane high school mascot names everyone takes for granted - and the legislation that could change a few www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/07/i...
I wrote a bit about the Illinois tradition of insane high school mascot names everyone takes for granted - and the legislation that could change a few www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/07/i...
Column: Why changing problematic high school nicknames is back in the spotlight — and a lesson in history
As playoff football games unfold across the state, two prospective bills are resurfacing in Springfield that insist the village of Freeburg, and many other Illinois schools, rethink their problemat…
www.chicagotribune.com
November 8, 2025 at 5:50 PM
I wrote a bit about the Illinois tradition of insane high school mascot names everyone takes for granted - and the legislation that could change a few www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/07/i...
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I wrote about a timeless Halloween question: How old is too old to trick or treat? That question, and its history, has shaped the holiday in more ways than you know.
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/31/t...
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/31/t...
How old is too old to trick or treat? The answer is more complicated than it sounds.
For the record, there is no statewide age restriction on trick or treating in Illinois. But many small communities around the country set formal and informal age limits.
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October 31, 2025 at 2:09 PM
I wrote about a timeless Halloween question: How old is too old to trick or treat? That question, and its history, has shaped the holiday in more ways than you know.
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/31/t...
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/31/t...
I wrote about a timeless Halloween question: How old is too old to trick or treat? That question, and its history, has shaped the holiday in more ways than you know.
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/31/t...
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/31/t...
How old is too old to trick or treat? The answer is more complicated than it sounds.
For the record, there is no statewide age restriction on trick or treating in Illinois. But many small communities around the country set formal and informal age limits.
www.chicagotribune.com
October 31, 2025 at 2:09 PM
I wrote about a timeless Halloween question: How old is too old to trick or treat? That question, and its history, has shaped the holiday in more ways than you know.
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/31/t...
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/31/t...
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The MCA’s wonderul - and very fun (despite this picture) - corrective of every assumption you ever held about @yokoono. You crawl into sacks, you hammer nails into canvas… www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/23/y...
‘Yoko Ono: Music of the Mind’ at the MCA upends assumptions
This new Yoko Ono retrospective is epic but intimate, impossibly earnest but funny and full of irony, without a single wink.
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October 25, 2025 at 2:15 PM
The MCA’s wonderul - and very fun (despite this picture) - corrective of every assumption you ever held about @yokoono. You crawl into sacks, you hammer nails into canvas… www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/23/y...
The MCA’s wonderul - and very fun (despite this picture) - corrective of every assumption you ever held about @yokoono. You crawl into sacks, you hammer nails into canvas… www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/23/y...
‘Yoko Ono: Music of the Mind’ at the MCA upends assumptions
This new Yoko Ono retrospective is epic but intimate, impossibly earnest but funny and full of irony, without a single wink.
www.chicagotribune.com
October 25, 2025 at 2:15 PM
The MCA’s wonderul - and very fun (despite this picture) - corrective of every assumption you ever held about @yokoono. You crawl into sacks, you hammer nails into canvas… www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/23/y...
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I wrote a profile of Michael Myers (of Decatur), who has been haunting his Indiana subdivision (and millions on social media) for 12 years. Once the mask goes on, HE WILL NOT TALK TO YOU. www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/16/m...
Endless Halloween: The haunting life of Michael Myers of Decatur, Indiana
A few years back, Evan Zimmerman started dressing up as the killer from the “Halloween” movies. Videos of him in character have been viewed many millions of times.
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October 19, 2025 at 1:21 PM
I wrote a profile of Michael Myers (of Decatur), who has been haunting his Indiana subdivision (and millions on social media) for 12 years. Once the mask goes on, HE WILL NOT TALK TO YOU. www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/16/m...
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A lot of darkness going on but this is a worthwhile read and respite from the always awesome @borrelli.bsky.social
I wrote a profile of Michael Myers (of Decatur), who has been haunting his Indiana subdivision (and millions on social media) for 12 years. Once the mask goes on, HE WILL NOT TALK TO YOU. www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/16/m...
Endless Halloween: The haunting life of Michael Myers of Decatur, Indiana
A few years back, Evan Zimmerman started dressing up as the killer from the “Halloween” movies. Videos of him in character have been viewed many millions of times.
www.chicagotribune.com
October 20, 2025 at 5:01 PM
A lot of darkness going on but this is a worthwhile read and respite from the always awesome @borrelli.bsky.social
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STABBIN WAGON
I wrote a profile of Michael Myers (of Decatur), who has been haunting his Indiana subdivision (and millions on social media) for 12 years. Once the mask goes on, HE WILL NOT TALK TO YOU. www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/16/m...
Endless Halloween: The haunting life of Michael Myers of Decatur, Indiana
A few years back, Evan Zimmerman started dressing up as the killer from the “Halloween” movies. Videos of him in character have been viewed many millions of times.
www.chicagotribune.com
October 20, 2025 at 5:05 PM
STABBIN WAGON
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A few years back, Evan Zimmerman started dressing up as the killer from the “Halloween” movies. Videos of him in character have been viewed many millions of times.
Endless Halloween: The haunting life of Michael Myers of Decatur, Indiana
A few years back, Evan Zimmerman started dressing up as the killer from the “Halloween” movies. Videos of him in character have been viewed many millions of times.
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October 16, 2025 at 2:00 PM
A few years back, Evan Zimmerman started dressing up as the killer from the “Halloween” movies. Videos of him in character have been viewed many millions of times.
I wrote a profile of Michael Myers (of Decatur), who has been haunting his Indiana subdivision (and millions on social media) for 12 years. Once the mask goes on, HE WILL NOT TALK TO YOU. www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/16/m...
Endless Halloween: The haunting life of Michael Myers of Decatur, Indiana
A few years back, Evan Zimmerman started dressing up as the killer from the “Halloween” movies. Videos of him in character have been viewed many millions of times.
www.chicagotribune.com
October 19, 2025 at 1:21 PM
I wrote a profile of Michael Myers (of Decatur), who has been haunting his Indiana subdivision (and millions on social media) for 12 years. Once the mask goes on, HE WILL NOT TALK TO YOU. www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/16/m...
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“Revolution(s),” by Chicago playwright Zayd Ayers Dohrn, has music by Tom Morello and was inspired by his legacy of musical bomb-throwing.
Speaking truth to power: Tom Morello on his Goodman debut, activist art and growing up in Libertyville
“Revolution(s),” by Chicago playwright Zayd Ayers Dohrn, has music by the Rage Against the Machine guitarist and was inspired by his legacy of musical bomb-throwing.
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October 10, 2025 at 4:55 PM
“Revolution(s),” by Chicago playwright Zayd Ayers Dohrn, has music by Tom Morello and was inspired by his legacy of musical bomb-throwing.
My chat with @tommorelloofficial.bsky.social on the role of music in activism, his childhood in Libertyville and “Revolution(s),” his new show at the Goodman Theatre
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/10/t...
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/10/t...
Speaking truth to power: Tom Morello on his Goodman debut, activist art and growing up in Libertyville
“Revolution(s),” by Chicago playwright Zayd Ayers Dohrn, has music by the Rage Against the Machine guitarist and was inspired by his legacy of musical bomb-throwing.
www.chicagotribune.com
October 12, 2025 at 1:27 PM
My chat with @tommorelloofficial.bsky.social on the role of music in activism, his childhood in Libertyville and “Revolution(s),” his new show at the Goodman Theatre
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/10/t...
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/10/t...
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If you’re looking for a scary read this Halloween season, my roundup of the best horror lit of the year, w/ @raforall.bsky.social @keithrosson.bsky.social @rachelharrison.bsky.social @ericlarocca.bsky.social @sgj.bsky.social @cynthiapelayo.bsky.social www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/02/h...
Poking around the scary, horrible, disgusting, excellent cauldron of new horror lit
Horror lit is in an unprecedented renaissance right now, driven by a diverse crop of new writers, robust horror sections in bookstores and the spread of horror-only book clubs. But all roads lead b…
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October 5, 2025 at 1:22 PM
If you’re looking for a scary read this Halloween season, my roundup of the best horror lit of the year, w/ @raforall.bsky.social @keithrosson.bsky.social @rachelharrison.bsky.social @ericlarocca.bsky.social @sgj.bsky.social @cynthiapelayo.bsky.social www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/02/h...
If you’re looking for a scary read this Halloween season, my roundup of the best horror lit of the year, w/ @raforall.bsky.social @keithrosson.bsky.social @rachelharrison.bsky.social @ericlarocca.bsky.social @sgj.bsky.social @cynthiapelayo.bsky.social www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/02/h...
Poking around the scary, horrible, disgusting, excellent cauldron of new horror lit
Horror lit is in an unprecedented renaissance right now, driven by a diverse crop of new writers, robust horror sections in bookstores and the spread of horror-only book clubs. But all roads lead b…
www.chicagotribune.com
October 5, 2025 at 1:22 PM
If you’re looking for a scary read this Halloween season, my roundup of the best horror lit of the year, w/ @raforall.bsky.social @keithrosson.bsky.social @rachelharrison.bsky.social @ericlarocca.bsky.social @sgj.bsky.social @cynthiapelayo.bsky.social www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/02/h...
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As 'SNL' begins its 51st season tonight, my piece on the unappreciated art of the SNL commercial bumper, which have been made by only two people in 51 seasons. www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/03/s...
As ‘SNL’ begins its 51st season, an appreciation of those celeb ‘bumper’ photos
The portraits have all been made by two photographers, Mary Ellen Matthews and Edie Baskin, who have collected their work in recent art books.
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October 4, 2025 at 12:41 PM
As 'SNL' begins its 51st season tonight, my piece on the unappreciated art of the SNL commercial bumper, which have been made by only two people in 51 seasons. www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/03/s...
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Super cool to find ACQUIRED TASTE highlighted in this pretty expansive article about our horror lit boom in the Chicago Tribune this morning. Immense thanks to Christopher Borrelli for including my “quasi-Kingian” collection. Love it. Read the article here: bit.ly/4npTml8 @chicagotribune.com
October 2, 2025 at 1:12 PM
Super cool to find ACQUIRED TASTE highlighted in this pretty expansive article about our horror lit boom in the Chicago Tribune this morning. Immense thanks to Christopher Borrelli for including my “quasi-Kingian” collection. Love it. Read the article here: bit.ly/4npTml8 @chicagotribune.com
As 'SNL' begins its 51st season tonight, my piece on the unappreciated art of the SNL commercial bumper, which have been made by only two people in 51 seasons. www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/03/s...
As ‘SNL’ begins its 51st season, an appreciation of those celeb ‘bumper’ photos
The portraits have all been made by two photographers, Mary Ellen Matthews and Edie Baskin, who have collected their work in recent art books.
www.chicagotribune.com
October 4, 2025 at 12:41 PM
As 'SNL' begins its 51st season tonight, my piece on the unappreciated art of the SNL commercial bumper, which have been made by only two people in 51 seasons. www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/03/s...
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When “The Paper” and its location were announced earlier this year, former Blade staffers lit up social media, skeptical of how crazy this show could possibly get — how true to actually working at The Blade could a sitcom be and still be believable?
Column: You think your office is a sitcom? I worked at Toledo’s Blade newspaper, a loose inspiration for ‘The Paper’
The new Peacock sitcom set at a Toledo newspaper is by the creators of “The Office.” Some real newspaper staffers in that Ohio city threw a little watch party in a basement bar recently.
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September 25, 2025 at 5:37 PM
When “The Paper” and its location were announced earlier this year, former Blade staffers lit up social media, skeptical of how crazy this show could possibly get — how true to actually working at The Blade could a sitcom be and still be believable?
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Having worked there myself, I wrote about the craziness of working at the actual Toledo Blade newspaper that partly inspired the fake paper in Peacock’s The Paper www.chicagotribune.com/2025/09/25/c...
Column: You think your office is a sitcom? I worked at Toledo’s Blade newspaper, a loose inspiration for ‘The Paper’
The new Peacock sitcom set at a Toledo newspaper is by the creators of “The Office.” Some real newspaper staffers in that Ohio city threw a little watch party in a basement bar recently.
www.chicagotribune.com
September 25, 2025 at 1:08 PM
Having worked there myself, I wrote about the craziness of working at the actual Toledo Blade newspaper that partly inspired the fake paper in Peacock’s The Paper www.chicagotribune.com/2025/09/25/c...
Having worked there myself, I wrote about the craziness of working at the actual Toledo Blade newspaper that partly inspired the fake paper in Peacock’s The Paper www.chicagotribune.com/2025/09/25/c...
Column: You think your office is a sitcom? I worked at Toledo’s Blade newspaper, a loose inspiration for ‘The Paper’
The new Peacock sitcom set at a Toledo newspaper is by the creators of “The Office.” Some real newspaper staffers in that Ohio city threw a little watch party in a basement bar recently.
www.chicagotribune.com
September 25, 2025 at 1:08 PM
Having worked there myself, I wrote about the craziness of working at the actual Toledo Blade newspaper that partly inspired the fake paper in Peacock’s The Paper www.chicagotribune.com/2025/09/25/c...