Lightningwriter
Charlie MadiganAn op-ed page experience for everyone. Warning: Sometimes funny, sometimes angry, always interesting.
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Evanston's Farmers Market
A Perfect Market Day...
Asparagus Galore!
It’s not often you can say that, unless market day to you means a visit to Evanston’s fine Saturday Farmers Market. We waded, once again, through the whole thing and came home with lots of greens,...
CBS: A demonstrably gutless network
CBS felt it necessary to bleep Springsteen’s use of "fuck” in a powerful song where it fit perfectly.
So, it’s over now, the greatest late night TV show of them all.
Stephen Colbert as host of the Late Show went out in style, hilarious st...
Not quite a Christian Country
Saying Your Prayers (and they are always yours!)
Thoughts on Prayers
So, are we living in a Christian country? That’s apparently what Rededication 250 in Washington was all about, calling a collection of Christians to the mall to display...
A Series of Real Unfortunate Events
A yawning cat, which is not related to this story, but is very attractive.
What I am about to write is so frightening even I am afraid to read to the end of this sentence and if you are wise, you will avoid reading the piece, too, because...
Don't you hate it when...
This is a new one. Mine is a battered old one, much like me!
I am certain this is nothing new, but of late, I’m seeing lots of bands and amateur performers popping up online, particularly on Facebook or on Substack to be in your faces or e...
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Reporter, foreign correspondent, editor at all kinds of levels at the Chicago Tribune, college professor, author, musician, songwriter, dad and husband. Author of "MINE" at Charlesmadigan.com and writing Bingo War.
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