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David McGrath: Taking my sister and her husband fishing on the Gulf helps me see what matters most

I have had some trouble sleeping. I have been worrying about a lot of things, like the recent blood test showing a jump in my glucose levels. The 1099...

26.01.2024 6

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David McGrath: Let’s ditch the Electoral College, plus 9 other no-brainer resolutions for the new year

On Jan. 1, 1968, I made a New Year’s resolution to quit cigarettes. I lasted barely a month, during which I often awoke in the middle of the night,...

01.01.2024 10

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David McGrath: The Christmas gift every teacher craves

If teaching were baseball, I would have been sent back to the minors after my first year at Chicago Vocational High School. A 22-year-old English...

15.12.2023 6

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David McGrath: I give thanks for these fine Americans

Is anyone surprised that at least one poll this year, by statistics database Statista, found that Americans’ favorite holiday is Thanksgiving?...

23.11.2023 10

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Letters: The dysfunction at O’Hare perfectly represents Chicago/Illinois government

It was interesting to read the Oct. 23 article on the passenger decline at O’Hare International Airport (“O’Hare lags in pandemic recovery”)....

27.10.2023 3

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David McGrath: A family get-together resurrects friendly ghosts from my Evergreen Park past

Halloween originated with the ancient Celts of western Europe as a celebration of ghosts and spirits in acknowledgment of and hope for an afterlife....

27.10.2023 2

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David McGrath: My experiences with my kind and bigoted neighbor reveal an American paradox

When a relative, friend or colleague dies, you regret that you canceled a lunch date with them or never made the phone call you had intended but kept...

02.10.2023 7

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