We have an embarrassment of riches when it comes to screen entertainment. And it drives me nuts. For example, we have Netflix. But nearly every time we think of a movie we want to see and I search on it, I get the dreaded “Titles like…”. Which means “we don’t have it but you might […]

I thought “Defund the police” was a dumb term for a stupid idea the first time I heard it. I’m all for “fund our schools,” but the idea that it’s a zero-sum game between police and schools or other social investments is nonsense. Clearly though, it’s time to change how police do their policing. It’s […]

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At my first job after college, in the early 1980s, I used a typewriter. I worked at a fledgling non-profit magazine, so we didn’t have the Cadillac of typewriters—the IBM Selectric. Instead, we had salvaged, second hand stuff. A few years later, working at the University of Illinois Office of Publications, I got an IBM […]

I had the day off last Monday, so I played hooky on the blog, too. Besides wanting a break, I really didn’t know how to do right by Dr. King, and so, my day of silence. We had a terrific MLK weekend. We took the Metra commuter line to Glen Ellyn Saturday afternoon. Last time […]