Getting it right in the new year
When you make a New Year's resolution to quit smoking, lose weight or fall in love, you are only fooling yourself. Expecting a major behavioral change just by turning the...
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McGrath: Chicago’s police department in crisis
The girl was only 17 when she picked up that butcher knife in Room 252, the English faculty lounge at Chicago Vocational High School. George Moran, a physical education teacher,...
School shooting prompts unusual syllabus changes
As a result of the killing of Professor Larry Levine and eight of his students at Umpqua Community College in Oregon in October, carried out by another of his writing...
One ‘thank you’ is not enough
At the wake of my father-in-law, Thomas Dunne, his surviving children found themselves frequently surprised and even piqued by strangers who showed up to pay their respects. A man or...
Serve up a heaping helping of gratitude and enjoy the health benefits, too
This year it seems easier to find things to complain about than to be thankful for: taxes, airline baggage fees and Donald Trump, to name several. But a complainer bores...
McGrath: Veterans share a special bond, and we must both honor and respect it
This column was supposed to be about a U.S. veteran of the Mideast wars. But partway into the information-gathering process, he changed his mind. Of course, there was no question...
What debate moderators should ask the candidates
What debate moderators should ask the candidates Reliable intelligence sources indicate that "Jihadi John," the British born ISIS terrorist who appeared in a series of videos beheading Western prisoners, is...
Big Tobacco suit inspires new medical plan
Does anyone else miss cigarette commercials on TV? Not cigarettes themselves, of course, and certainly not emphysema, heart disease, lung cancer, house fires and all the rest of smoking's dire...
Autumn transition not just seasonal
Fall is the tragically beautiful season, when death feigns innocence in rich and brilliant colors. Author James Salter, who died in June, wrote in his novel "All That Is" that...
Buying a car without stress, remorse
The first car I could afford when I was a teenager was a 1952 black Buick Super that wouldn't start. But it was a bargain at $125, and the assumption...