How dreams can paralyze graduates
When I was in sixth grade, I had one goal: to be on Broadway. By eighth grade, I wanted to be a teacher. The following years brought fantasies of being...
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There’s space for improvement on the CTA — but not much else
My morning commute is an exercise in logic. Like any Chicagoan who takes public transit to work, I leave my apartment running a series of "if-then" situations through my head....
Ban Scottish bagpipes on St. Patrick’s Day
It happens every St. Patrick's Day. The bagpipers come crawling out from their whiskey-laden lairs. Dressed in tartan with tilted glengarries and jaunty sporrans, they nestle themselves into the back...
2016 beckons women into politics
Come January, the U.S. House and Senate will have 104 women members. On the surface, that is a huge accomplishment. It has taken women nearly 100 years — since 1916,...