David McGrath – Page 9

McGrath: Summer was nothing but an endless plain to be filled with bike rides, ball games and fun … until SHE appeared

August 26, 2021 at 10:44 a.m.

Summertime is like that brief moment when you first open your eyes in the morning, arch your back and stretch. You hold it. You purr luxuriously. You try to prolong...

Op-ed: Father’s Day and parent-a-morphosis: Are we really clones of our parents?

June 18, 2021 at 2:21 p.m.

The Progressive Insurance commercials are hilarious but also profound. You know, the ones with group therapist Dr. Rick as he tries to help homeowners from turning into their parents. "Guess...

McGrath: Hey, I’m nothing like my dad — other than in how I eat, sleep and breathe

June 18, 2021 at 12:17 p.m.

The Progressive Insurance TV commercials are hilarious but also profound. You know, the ones with the Sully Sullenberger lookalike as group therapist Dr. Rick, who tries to help homeowners from...

Chicago Blackhawks goaltender Kevin Lankinen takes the ice as pucks are dropped for warmups before a game against the Detroit Red Wings at United Center on Jan. 22, 2021.

Op-ed: Blackhawks name change is not a talk-radio sports question

June 4, 2021 at 6:13 p.m.

My op-ed last month recommending that the Chicago Blackhawks retire the Indian head logo and change their name to simply Hawks, ("Blackhawks name, logo need to go. Rename NHL team...

McGrath: The scent of marigolds and fresh cut hay, Ivory soap and oxtail soup bring back instant memories of mom

May 7, 2021 at 6:19 p.m.

While stopping for gas on a recent road trip to a state park, I smiled as I thought about my mother. The service station restroom had a dispenser for soap,...

The Chicago Blackhawks stand for the national anthem before a game against the Columbus Blue Jackets at the United Center on Jan. 29, 2021.

Op-ed: Blackhawks name, logo need to go. Rename NHL team the ‘Hawks.’

May 7, 2021 at 4:21 p.m.

In 1986, the Chicago's professional hockey team changed and simplified its name from two words to one: Black Hawks to Blackhawks. Not a big deal. In fact, I never noticed,...

When your heightened sense of smell lets you smell a someone smoking pot hundreds of feet from where you are in a school building, not only do you grow to hate the odor but what it represents, columnist David McGrath says.

McGrath: Hypersensitive sense of smell provides unique perspective when it comes to eliminating federal pot laws

April 7, 2021 at 2:01 p.m.

I am cursed with hyperosmia. Or maybe blessed: The jury is still out. Hyperosmia is a heightened sense of smell. Scientists concede it is a real condition, but they are...

Amazon makes it easy for you to shop from your La-Z-Boy at home and have your purchases dropped on your doorstep free of charge, but buyer beware -- not everything you buy is a bargain and in some cases can be a lot less expensive elsewhere if your shop around, columnist David McGrath says,

McGrath: Amazon makes it easy to buy whatever you need from the comfort of your La-Z-Boy, but buyer beware

March 26, 2021 at 3:23 p.m.

It's no secret that Amazon.com makes spending our money way too easy. This is especially true if you pay the $119 a year for Prime membership, which gives you free...

Three weeks after undergoing hip replacement surgery, columnist David McGrath says he was riding his bike for seven miles without pain.

McGrath: After years of being afraid of the scalpel, hip surgery means new mobility and no more pain

March 8, 2021 at 4:05 p.m.

Early on a Monday, I was wheeled into an operating room where the upper front of my right thigh was cut open, my leg muscles and tendons pushed aside, so a...

McGrath: When ego gets out of the way, true love can find a way into your heart

February 12, 2021 at 2:43 p.m.

Valentine's Day is less about finding your one true love than finding yourself. I was 8 when I had my first crush. It was a Saturday morning, and I walked...

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