Chicago Area Society & Culture Examiners
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New year, new expenses. Just had to have my furnace motor and humidifier replaced. Have been using a local Chicago HVAC for the last couple of...
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In the spring of 2009, the South Side Irish St. Patrick's Day Parade was shut down. In many ways, the parade was a victim of it's own success. Since 1980, this Far South Side event...
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Today Monday, December 28, 2009 is the day of Ujima. Ujima is the name given for collective work and Taking Responsibility. Taking responsibility for what? We must take...
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Vincent Olivares is the Director of Arthropod Conservation at the Peggy Notebart Nature Museum. I was very fortunate to be able to talk...
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At this time of year, many well-intentioned people create a list of resolutions ranging from reducing the girth of their bellies to extinguishing a nasty smoking habit. Other...
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Have you ever watched a movie where some guy is attacking a girl and she fights back by hitting the guy on his chest, stomach or face? Yea, that is really going to stop him! So,...
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Why do all the zippers I've ever seen have the letters YKK on the pull tabs? -- J.P. That's the trademark of Yoshida Kogyo...
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The Democratics and Republicans advocated similar policies during the latter part of the nineteenth century. The Democrats had to overcome the stigma of secession and Civil War to...
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Three nights before a college football game between the University of Texas and Syracuse University in 1993, retired computer marketing...
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It takes a lot for the state to say you’re a lousy parent if you’re rich, but it does happen. Just ask Courtney Love. Charlie...
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