Negotiations at a fantasy practice session
NEWS ITEM: Northwestern University football players file with the National Labor Relations Board to become a labor union. A warm summer evening in 2020, soft breeze wafting off Lake Michigan...
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Aching for some undivided medical attention
In Stanley Kubrick's classic film "2001: A Space Odyssey," the survival of astronauts on a space mission depends on a computer, the infallible HAL 9000. HAL relates to the crew...
Call of duty: Reflections on teaching military history
Seventy-one years ago this month, Japan launched an aerial assault on the U.S. fleet in Hawaii, killing more than 2,400 and bringing America into World War II. President Franklin D....
Drug compounds need more oversight
In the late 1950s, German scientists developed a "wonder drug" for women that was supposed to alleviate the morning sickness, insomnia and headaches of pregnancy. German studies touted the medication,...
A pill not in the best interest of healthy students
Should doctors prescribe powerful stimulant drugs to improve the grades of underperforming but otherwise healthy schoolchildren? According to The New York Times, a pediatrician in Georgia, Dr. Michael Anderson, provides...
When your word is your honor
The SEALs are the Navy's special operations force, charged with carrying out some of the most difficult and dangerous missions. In 2005, the team adopted the SEAL creed, detailing the...
Another list to discount
The magazine of the British Film Institute, Sight & Sound, surveys critics once every decade (beginning in 1952), to determine the 10 greatest movies ever made. In five consecutive surveys...
On duty, 24/7
At a restaurant, you and your spouse notice the man at the next table has been drinking excessively and acting obnoxiously. You recognize him as the plumber scheduled to fix...
Obituaries as an educational tool
Journalist and humorist Russell Baker once reminded us that the obituary can be a powerful device to educate us about history, culture or simply the way the world once was....
An anniversary we might want to forget, but shouldn’t
Sunday marks the 175th anniversary of Chicago's incorporation. Chicago has historically been a dangerous place — from harrowing fires and deadly tornadoes to the machine gun-toting gangsters of the Capone...