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Keep records of vital information for elderly parents
Sometimes we make assumptions about the information that we have or don’t have when it comes to our parents, grandparents or other seniors in our lives. Unfortunately the moment we realize that the information we need is not available is usually during a crisis.
Taking stigma off incontinence
Watching daytime TV, and all of the commercials for incontinence products, one might think that incontinence is a normal part of life and aging.
Much to be thankful for
Today is the day we stop and count our blessings. Your chosen animal, donkey or elephant, lost? Get over it. Traffic is a headache? At least it means a warm, dry car that will get you where you want to go. Kids seem ungrateful? Some …
This Apple has sour taste
Dear Fixer: I cannot download any apps on my iPhone. It says my account is disabled. After I sent a request to the Apple support email address, I received a response from an iTunes adviser who said it appeared that my account had been disabled due to “chargeback orders” they had received from my credit card issuer.
Art of compromise is what’s needed now
In the aftermath of last week’s election, I’ve been listening to my friends on the right and the left. They are saying the same thing, and that’s what worries me.
Christmas shopping, philosophically speaking
Now that that pesky presidential election is over, it’s time to concentrate on what’s really important. Christmas shopping. But before you can shop, you have to decide what to get friends and family, collectively known as loved ones.
Talk of teachers must include preschool staff
We’ve spent a lot of time talking lately, both here in this space as well as in the wider context nationally, about teachers — their salaries, their pensions, their strikes, their benefits. Matter of fact, with all of the abundance of specialty channels on television …
Stop ‘straw buyers’ of guns
For years Chicago and Cook County officials have been pushing a law that would help close the spigot of guns flowing illegally into the city. So far, the National Rifle Association has blocked the law in Springfield, but officials here should keep pushing. The so-called …
How about veggie McDonald’s here?
McDonald’s is opening two vegetarian-only restaurants. Not, unfortunately, in one of the hipper neighborhoods of Chicago, or even somewhere in California. But in India — in Amritsar and Katra. This makes sense. For reasons of religion and tradition, Indian diets tend to be low in …
Libertyville brick church with red door has seen plenty over the years
Since its early days Libertyville has been a church-going community -- the Methodists, Presbyterians, Lutherans and Roman Catholics established their congregations in Libertyville in the late 1800s, and all are still vibrant spiritual communities today. It wasn’t until 1908 that the Episcopalians organized a congregation …
Two laurels worth noting
Lake County commuters who took public transportation instead of driving saved $1,000 last month and could save up to $12,000 a year if they kept up that habit, a new study says.
Springfield passes the buck again
To Springfield Democrats, the gift of elephantine debt on local jurisdictions is merely collateral damage.
Springfield passes the buck again
To Springfield Democrats, the gift of elephantine debt on local jurisdictions is merely collateral damage.
A ‘Moneyball’ lesson in life: ‘Get on base’
I’ve decided that the correct answer for just about any question this spring is: “He gets on base.” That answer comes from one of last year’s best movies, “Moneyball.” That simple phrase answers the questions put to Billy Beane, general manager of the Oakland A’s, …
Our View: These icebergs sinking ship of state
Many of these boards and commissions are feel-good, spur-of-the-moment groups impaneled from a knee-jerk reaction to what lawmakers consider an outrage
