McGrath: Be bold with New Year’s resolutions
Resolve to fail, early and often, in the New Year. As counter-intuitive as that sounds, it's the most sagacious advice I can give, based on six decades of experience. That's...
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McGrath: College more than just jobs training
"...in the Arab world the most likely radicals are people in technical or scientific fields who lack the kind of humanities education that fosters critical thought." Packer, George. "Exporting Jihad."...
McGrath: Parents should come clean about Santa
With Christmas being celebrated, it's a good time to critically review the American custom of parents encouraging their children to believe in Santa Claus, a generous and jolly benefactor who...
McGrath: Voters should maintain a patriotic resistance to Trump
Though born and raised in Chicago, two of my brothers are fierce Green Bay Packer fans. One reason is that my father switched to the Packers after his beloved Chicago...
McGrath: Who Earns a ‘No Thanks’ This Thanksgiving?
Thanksgiving, of course, is a time to articulate our thanks for the blessings received in our lives, and for the people who have been generous and kind. Doubtlessly, columnists in...
My gratitude for these amazing people
As a teenager, I dreamed of solitude, of living by myself in the Rocky Mountains wilderness like Robert Redford's character in the 1972 film "Jeremiah Johnson." Shy of my contemporaries...
McGrath: Revolutionizing school for today’s children
This October, as children have become fully acclimated to the school-day routine, I pose this question: What do you really remember learning in grammar school? I refer to substance, and...
McGrath: How rejection of Trump strengthens America
The game was supposed to be just for fun. We had been picnicking at Cook County's Elizabeth Conkey Forest Preserve near south suburban Crestwood, when we chose sides for a...
Chicago actor remembers father
Last month I wrote about the Renegades, our 16-inch softball team which was celebrating the 40th anniversary of winning the championship in Bridgeview ("Working Man's Olympics: A 40th Anniversary"). The...
The working man’s Olympics, a 40th anniversary
The end of the 2016 Summer Olympics coincided with the 40th anniversary of the Renegades' 16-inch softball championship in Bridgeview. You're probably thinking, so what? Compared to all-star basketball players,...