American spirit alive and kicking at Midway
It seems like there's not much we Americans can agree on these days. So, when the world seems like it's about to spin off its axis, I have found the...
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Al Gore and Tipper separate after 40 years — a rare event, according to experts
Al and Tipper Gore have long been perceived as a strong and loving couple, soul mates, the perfect 1990s counterpoint to the tumult of the Clintons. Yet when news of...
College students tackle financial illiteracy
In a dreary classroom overlooking a blighted block on the South Side, I watched three University of Chicago students teach seniors at Hales Franciscan High School the finer points of...
College students tackle financial illiteracy
In a dreary classroom overlooking a blighted block on the South Side, I watched three University of Chicago students teach seniors at Hales Franciscan High School the finer points of...
Elderly drivers’ risk not clear-cut
Alice Topping was in her convertible, soaking in one of fall's last nice days, when she came to a four-way stop in her Evanston neighborhood just as another car approached....
Long night goes into snow day
Across the metropolitan area, school superintendents may have gone to bed Wednesday evening -- but not really to sleep. With winter storm predictions growing more ominous by the hour and...
Age for sex talk is not what you think
Oops! If you're planning on having the sex talk with your kids, you may already be too late. Too often, by the time parents get around to delving into this...
From storage unit into motel
Life is infinitely more comfortable for the family that lived in a Streamwood storage facility, thanks to the generosity of friends, family and a wide swath of baiduhai readers...
For long-dominant boomers, a struggle with inevitability
Not long ago, I was blithely driving along, listening to a public radio story on senior citizens and unemployment. I was expecting to hear something about say, the shrinking market...
San Francisco’s ‘6-week run’ now in 35th year
It was summer 1974, and a one-time street performer produced a comedy show in the back room of a club -- a perfect antidote to the grimness of Watergate and...