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posted by Isabel Miller
Tuesday, Feb 13, 24 @ 7:54 am

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Fat Tuesday - Need Some Gumbo

Comment by Red Ketcher Tuesday, Feb 13, 24 @ 8:33 am
I somehow lost track of the fact that today is Mardi Gras. Not much I can do to celebrate that, but it is also Paczki Day, so I may head to the bakery later to increase my calorie count…

Comment by Friendly Bob Adams Tuesday, Feb 13, 24 @ 8:41 am
Enjoy your trip to the bakery. About all we have in my part of rural West Central is WalMart brand donuts, which are conveniently packaged in a box that says it contains Paczki.

May this Lent bring renewal to our American Spirit of doing good, and doing good trouble as needed.

Comment by @ Friendly Bob Tuesday, Feb 13, 24 @ 8:52 am
never knew about paczki until a few years ago. the lines are wild out there.

Comment by Amalia Tuesday, Feb 13, 24 @ 9:15 am
= Fat Tuesday - Need Some Gumbo =

I’m making jambalaya for dinner. And listening to WWOZ all day.

Comment by JoanP Tuesday, Feb 13, 24 @ 9:50 am
Why write a newsletter chastising politicos for having some misguided views of self importance related to the mafia code of honor and then in the SAME week write an article saying hey, these things happen, Goodfellas amirite? - essentially endorsing the same system that was so frowned upon in todays Fax. The author seems confused. That’s what’s on my mind

Comment by Henry Hill’s Mailman Tuesday, Feb 13, 24 @ 9:57 am
Henry Hill: Seems to me the column comments are synchronized — only one of them is sardonic.

Comment by walker Tuesday, Feb 13, 24 @ 10:12 am
“I mean, I get it. This is Democratic Party “family business.” Sometimes, things just gotta be done.”

That’s sarcasm? I read it as an understanding of what the politicians were doing with their piers. Not at all a condemnation. Maybe clarify snark in a published weekly news column?

Comment by Henry Hill’s Mailman Tuesday, Feb 13, 24 @ 10:18 am
Attempted to write an article asking my fellow Southern Illinoisans to show more of Christ’s love on the issue of immigration, and some of the responses have been quite cruel. I don’t expect us to agree fully, but I wish we could be kind.

Comment by Shibboleth Tuesday, Feb 13, 24 @ 10:57 am
@ Shibboleth

Just think of those responses as “robo-calls” from the unthinking. A lot of the call-and-response, oppositional words we hear today are not well reasoned. Too many (including me) are attuned to search for reasons to speak, rather than learning to listen and reason. But the truth remains that the solution is always found in some central place.

As an educator, I try hard not to get trapped in obsessing over anger when my own words bring out anger in others. I hope your article moves the causes of immigrants forward where you live.

Comment by H-W Tuesday, Feb 13, 24 @ 11:22 am
If those pastries are so good why aren’t they eaten the rest of the year?

Comment by Big Dipper Tuesday, Feb 13, 24 @ 12:02 pm
Teamsters 916 is picketing the IDOT building in Springfield tomorrow at 11:45.

Comment by Huh? Tuesday, Feb 13, 24 @ 12:09 pm
Why does Chicago have neither a Mardi Gras nor a Karneval celebration? We certainly at one time had the Catholics for it.

Comment by cermak_rd Tuesday, Feb 13, 24 @ 3:23 pm
Had to change my Valentine’s Day dinner plans around to celebrate tonight instead of on Ash Wednesday when my love can’t have steak. Hope everyone has a great Mardi Gras and V Day!

Comment by hisgirlfriday Tuesday, Feb 13, 24 @ 3:29 pm
re: H-W - Tuesday, Feb 13, 24 @ 11:22 am:

Yup, everyone who disagrees with me is an unthinking robot

Comment by Probably the BKAC Tuesday, Feb 13, 24 @ 4:14 pm