I’m sure most of you follow the doings of county government, including the County Board, with great fervor. But for the handful who don’t, let…
Read More Father’s Day is coming up. I sense a general scurrying among the family – inside the house and away – of what they can do…
Read More Around six years ago, I was sitting at a County Board committee meeting, ready to go into a smaller room for the next one. A…
Read More May is Mental Health Awareness Month. I don’t know if you were aware of that. If not, chances are mental health issues haven’t affected you,…
Read More Time doesn’t just fly; it’s supersonic. Unless it’s the last day of school, or you’re waiting for test results. Hard to believe it’s been 38…
Read More Some people have “Aha” moments. I tend to have “Oh, crap” moments. One such moment occurred in October 2021 as I was watching the news…
Read More OK, enough about how newspapers and other legitimate media are dying. Let’s get back to food: As I have mentioned, Kolorama, a party for Herald…
Read More Ah, election time. When television and radio ads for candidates compete with ED, nose-flushing and ambulance-chasing attorney commercials. A time when creative writing moves from…
Read More It seems like 1,000 years ago that I met Patrick Kane. Son Andy and I decided to buy the weekend pass for the inaugural Blackhawks…
Read More I was having breakfast with colleague Cindy Wojdyla Cain at Jitter’s last week. As often happens, we got talking about the “good old days” at…
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