See? This rampage by Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan who shot dead 13 people at Texas's Fort Hood Army base Thursday, confirms everything I've been saying all along -- psychiatrists are dangerous, unbalanced individuals; they go into the profession seeking the mental help that they themselves need . . .
Valentine's Day must have been busy this year, because I've seen an unusual amount of very pregnant women around town lately -- on the elevator, on the train, in the streets
All mayors grapple with the particular problems facing their communities. For Richard M. Daley, it's the budget, lately, plus school violence and parking meters.
Let government into the health insurance business, the argument goes, and private health care will be destroyed.
If you've ever unwrapped a fresh Tootsie Roll, held it close to your nose and taken a long whiff of intoxicating chocolatey goodness, you can imagine the wave of rich cocoa aroma that rolls over you when stepping into the clattering commotion of the Tootsie Roll factory on Cicero Avenue for a pre-Halloween peek.
No sooner did the White House slash the pay of top executives at seven banks bailed out by the U.S. government, from many millions of dollars a year to not quite so many millions of dollars a year, then industry types began invoking the dreaded brain drain.
The e-mail sprouts up, both flower and weed, wanted and unwanted, and must be constantly pruned. Sure, you can ignore it, but then there will only be more, the thicket deeper. Since there aren't enough hours in the day to read all the stuff and still get work done, a person needs a system.
This autumn has been extra colorful. The big maple in my front yard is a glorious universe of warm yellow. The burning bush, a heart-swelling rich maroon.
On the one hand . . . OK, I hate to be wishy-washy, because what you’re paying for are strong opinions and specific recommendations, not weak-tea temporizing.
Saturday morning I marched my boys over to Walgreens to get their flu shots. While some parents are enduring agonies of indecision over whether to get their children inoculated -- with regular flu shots now, or the H1N1 shots when they become available -- I was fortunate in having absolutely no choice in the matter.
'Oh no." It slipped out as I gazed upon the news -- Barack Obama has won the Nobel Peace Prize. A strange reaction, since I like the guy, generally, voted for him, think he's doing an OK job in the face of strong, sometimes crazy opposition.
