Every goddamn day: 04/30/25

        On Saturday, May 11, 1985 — nearly 40 years ago — I picked up my first computer, a Kaypro 2X. It was considered portable at 22 pound...

         Bananas are alive.      They breathe long after they are picked, taking in oxygen, expiring carbon dioxide.      As they ripen, ban...

        Yahrzeit is a Jewish tradition to commemorate our departed loved ones. Sort of a semitic Day of the Dead without either colorful sk...

     Ronald Reagan was the 40th president of the United States and the only one born in Illinois.             He was also the only president...

     Am I wrong to take a slim measure of hope from Donald Trump going after paper drinking straws?      "I will be signing an Executiv...

     "The Orchid Show: India Blooms," opened at the Chicago Botanic Garden Friday night, in a special showing for members. Friday ...

Leaving my office at 401 N. Wabash for the last time, 2004 (Sun-Times photo)      The entire staff of the CIA received buyout offers this we...