Tag: culture
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community
Last evening, we heard a David Brooks lecture nearby that confirmed our appreciation for what he says and how he says it. We’re big fans. He gave a preview of his next book, an assessment of, among other things, what needs to happen to make it through our current “slough of despond” to our next…
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Andy Pafko was a local legend.
Star Cub Andy Pafko was a local legend – Daily Herald. By the time I got my Andy Pafko autograph fielder’s mitt when I was about eight, Pafko had already moved on from the Cubs to the Dodgers and Braves. I never knew he was the center fielder on the ’45 Cubs(the last Cubs team…
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the freedom to do good
I haven’t seen The Monuments Men movie yet, but I will. I did just see the feature on CBS Sunday Morning and have been following the various interviews with the movie’s stars on Letterman. Several years ago, a rich Texan named Robert Edsel got interested and then got really interested in the story of the actual “Monuments…
Guy Cicero 