Traffic congestion a major time-waster
At only 12 years old, already my youngest daughter sometimes is so frustrated with traffic and congestion.
View ArticleSuicide cries out for explanation of the inexplicable
"I know a little bit about a lot of things,
View ArticleSpeak out: Don't like free lunches? Volunteer at Loaves and Fishes
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View ArticlePlenty of fine art will be on display in Naperville this weekend
What is art? When artist Itamar Gilboa moved from Tel Aviv to Amsterdam to study, he carried a notebook with him every day and in it wrote every single thing he ate. At the end of a year, he had...
View ArticleManker: Life's daily irritants can be dwarfed by serious issues
Life is a series of choices.
View ArticleCosts flow downhill, and residents are at the bottom
This year, my wife and I helped the City of Naperville save 184 million gallons of water and almost $1 million in costs. Well, truth be told, we really didn't want to, but they made us do it, so it...
View ArticleLetters to the editor: Crosby interjected negative tone on body image
I was excited to see an article in Sunday's newspaper on Gabriele Tessitore, an inspiring female entrepreneur who creates products for women.
View ArticleSpeak Out caller: Was Grateful Dead theft solved?
Purloined posters: At Donley's Auction Services in Union, Grateful Dead posters and other memorabilia worth $75,000 were stolen. I wonder if they caught the person or persons who stole them?
View ArticleIntegrity comes to the door swathed in a pink vest
Somebody's at the door. If you peek out and see a stranger, but you don't see a pink vest, you might want to think twice about opening it - and maybe call the cops.
View ArticleMego: Council showed courage in e-cigarette restrictions
The Naperville City Council did something courageous and important last Tuesday night, something they could easily have avoided. They banned the possession of alternative nicotine delivery devices, or...
View ArticleManker: Relax, you're on vacation
If you're like most parents whose kids play baseball, softball or other summer sports, you're likely right now either:
View ArticleShakespeare coming to a park near you
I don't know about you, but the Bard has always seemed to me like a pretty interesting guy, somebody I'd like to get to know better, a great addition to the guest list for a dinner party.
View ArticleRaising sales taxes would hurt Naperville businesses
Boy, don't you just hate it when you have to go to your boss and tell him that you're going to have to charge him more for the work you do. "Sorry, Big Guy, but my expenses keep going up and it's my...
View Article'This is my dad. He's bald,' and other hair-razing realities
As you've likely surmised from the mug shot that accompanies this column, its author is among the estimated two-thirds of men who've grown follicly challenged by age 35 and the 85 percent who've done...
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View ArticleTime to go old school in the mower department
Multi-tasking is an acquired skill we hone as we grow older, when the ever-increasing demands on our time begin to call for greater efficiency and productivity. Case in point, these words were written...
View ArticleLetters to the editor: Remember those on fixed incomes
City officials need to consider those on fixed incomes
View ArticleFirst day of school means tears of joy
As we enter this, our seventh year with children in Naperville schools, I've learned there's only one day on the school calendar to rival the excitement that kids feel on the last day of school: that...
View ArticleCarpe diem, baby: Here come's Labor Day
Only two things that money can't buy and that's true love and homegrown tomatoes.
View ArticleTime for Naperville to look in the mirror and see a miser
I've never understood what was so great about living in an "affluent" town. All those of us who aren't affluent get out of living here is a lot of pressure to keep up gadget-wise, car-wise, and...
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