Birds do it, bees do it, even hermaphroditic flatworms do it, but even Margaret Atwood couldn’t imagine just how.
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A different kind of farewell letter
What a departing U. of C. faculty member will and won’t miss
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Why marriage may be on the way out
Ask an anthropologist for the real story on marriage sometime. It won’t offer aid and comfort to anyone much.
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“The vivacious man undressed.”
You too can construct sentences that may never have been constructed before, with a little computer help.
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Don’t make a religion out of food
Lest we forget: sometimes a vegetable is just a vegetable.
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Fabric: It’s not just for covering your nakedness any more
Admit it. You never even imagined doing this with yarn and silk and whatever.
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Can we talk?
We’re running low on confidantes, sociologists report. If you’re a loner, you’re not alone.
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Leon Kassâs strange notion of âhuman dignityâ
Leon Kass is so sure that the current President and Congress are apostles of “human dignity” that he can’t bring himself to fault them for engineering the Terri Schiavo circus.
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Filthy rich in Chicago
Here’s how to measure executive pay: Boeing CEO scores 15 lifetimes in 2005 alone.
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Cruel and usual
The early 2000s? Oh yeah, that’s when the U.S. completely lost it. A shame, really.
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Reasonable conservatives and Hastert attack dogs
Grassroots right-wingers show civility to a dissenter who thinks Hastert should quit. Meanwhile Hastert blasts away at the messengers. Who’s showing leadership here?
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Blago and Bush — separated at birth?
Let’s enlarge the government and not pay for it? Both parties are playing the fools’ game of spend-and-don’t tax. But none dare speak its name.
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Things we midwesterners could’ve told you
If you want to experience the full spectrum of the natural food system, STAY IN THE CITY!
