100 chapters for my father
When I hear Frank Sinatra in an elevator or on the car radio, it takes me back to our brick home on the South Side where I grew up. A...
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Is Wharton School of Business responsible for Trump?
In 2009, Tina Thompson, a student at New York's Monroe College, sued her alma mater for $70,000, the cost of her tuition, claiming that her inability to find a job...
McGrath: On Mother’s Day, don’t follow my example
After embracing your mom, telling her Happy Mother's Day, and presenting her with flowers, candy, or something longer lasting like maybe a satellite radio, don't make the same mistake I...
McGrath: Free fake news detector
My first encounter with "fake news" was in the early days of Barack Obama's presidency. A friend from my old neighborhood forwarded to me a story accusing Obama of once...
McGrath: From high school hero to rock star
How on Earth could I not have known about the LeRoi Brothers? After all, they are the longest lasting rock and roll band coming out of Austin, Texas. They were...
‘We Dine Together’ is nice, but for some kids solitude is essential
"One student at Boca Raton Community High School has created a new student group called We Dine Together so that no student has to eat alone." ABC News In my...
McGrath: How to save football
With the 2017 Super Bowl and the NFL season behind us, it's time to dispassionately gauge the threats to the sport that might conceivably spell its doom. I refer first...
McGrath: What Trump shares with Reagan, the Teflon president
I never thought I would be comparing our 45th president to the country's 40th. But Donald Trump does share something important with Ronald Reagan. People my age remember Reagan as...
Valentine’s Day gift: a pack of cigarettes
In addition to being emblematic of Valentine's Day, red is my wife Marianne's favorite color. And this year I'm getting her a pack of Winston cigarettes in the red and...
McGrath: Are we racists if we don’t mean it?
When I was getting ready to teach a night class last year, I thought that there must be some sort of mistake. Some confusion with the textbook that students were...