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A gentle giant just fell. Every person living in Illinois owes Jack O. Roeser an enormous debt of gratitude. The state’s business leaders, politicians, and reporters should hang their heads in shame for not having followed his lead.
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Fr. Andrew Greeley was my professor of sociology when I was an undergraduate at The University of Chicago. We were friends from the first, which was his way, and remained so to the last.
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[The following was written by Harrison Schmitt, one of the last two men to step foot on the moon during the Apollo 17 mission. It was first published at Schmitt’s…
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Marc Marano, Willie Soon, and others noted the passing over the weekend of Alexander Cockburn, at the age of 71. A farewell letter from Cockburn’s long-time friend and collaborator, Jeffrey…