Column: Back to school – fun for most, but not all kids
Is it that time already? Getting to be time to start school. Surely, we all have memories that make us smile when we recall our first days at school. But,...
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Column: In a merit-based system for immigration, I wouldn’t make the grade
I should pack a bag. I think I am about to be deported. I was looking at what it takes to be a good American citizen, as defined by President...
Column: Seems like we’ll all be robots sooner or later
Health care. Wage stagnation. North Korea. Russian hacking. Need something else to worry over? How about robots? Over the years, robots – automation – have eliminated millions of manufacturing jobs....
Column: What happened to people being friendly?
What the world may very well need now is love, sweet love. But I'll settle for civility. Anyone whose work requires contact with other humans should behave in a civil...
Column: Christmas in July – as good a time as any to buy yourself a gift
I saw my first Christmas TV commercial the other day. This was rushing the season a bit. But, each year commercials for Christmas shopping appear earlier and earlier. This ad...
Column: Grocery store managers have a way of outsmarting themselves
It's not fair to mention the name since they all do it, but it's the regular grocery store I shop at in town. You may shop there, too. So, I...
Column: Technological progress comes with a cost
I am living backwards. On June 13, 2009, I was transported back to the 1950s. That was the day all analog TV service was converted to digital. It was the...
Oak Park shows its class by not opting out of county minimum wage
There are no villains in this story. The story starts with a Cook County-wide minimum wage increase. A county ordinance effective July 1 increases the minimum wage in Cook County...
Column: Why does the next big thing in toys always seem to go up in flames?
Kids get everything! Pardon the immature outburst. But it's true. Kids do get everything neat. What's more fun than a hover board? Kids really get a kick out of those,...
Column: Instead of fixing Illinois, maybe we should just abolish all states instead
It would take a bloodhound to sniff out almost anything on which Republicans and Democrats agree. There is one issue, actually, that liberals and conservatives believe – Illinois government is...