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December 2013

December 30, 2013
So this isn't really meant to be a food blog, but I figure I can...
December 30, 2013
So we don't have a lot of food traditions in my extended family, but one...
December 29, 2013
In which I try to make sense of a couple items in the news:First, the...
December 28, 2013
So the Tribune is reporting today that the extended unemployment benefits are expiring, though I...
December 26, 2013
Every now and again, I take a look at the "Legal Insurrection" blog by William Jacobson. ...
December 26, 2013
We're finally past the early-childhood years for all of our children, which means that this...
December 26, 2013
So, unlike many towns, our little suburb had escaped nativity scene battles for many years...
December 23, 2013
So here's something fun:  last week,  Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) and Rep. Rosa DeLauro (D-CT)...
December 22, 2013
This quiz from the NYT was quite accurate for me (though it pinned me to...
December 22, 2013
This is a long shot, but you never know . . . My son is...
December 21, 2013
It's just not.Look, when a train wreck occurs, the train derails.  It's inoperable.  ObamaCare reminds...
December 20, 2013
So every year we end up making our larger charitable donations at the last minute....
December 20, 2013
OK, so it's bad form to have two scare quotes in the title of my...
December 18, 2013
This is, in part, a bit of an elaboration on a prior post. Back in...
December 18, 2013
You knew this was coming -- the New York Times' "Room for Debate" subject this...
December 17, 2013
The Tribune featured a story they picked off Bloomberg today, though apparently the article itself...
December 16, 2013
It occurred to me this morning that having a blog means that I have a...
December 16, 2013
A decade or so ago, I would have said that large Catholic families are in...
December 14, 2013
No, I don't mean a "thought for the day" that's worth being paid the minimum...
December 14, 2013
So I finally got around to looking at the "Fight for 15" website and was...
December 13, 2013
I'm guessing that my readers also take a look at the Drudge Report links, so...
December 12, 2013
Every now and again there's an article or a blog post or an opinion piece...
December 11, 2013
I haven't really read much about the late-breaking budget deal yet; here's a Bloomberg article...
December 10, 2013
OK, so I finally finished a big project at work and am a bit more...
December 10, 2013
This is just a 5-minute gripe.This is that time of year when we're all encouraged...
December 10, 2013
It can't have escaped the notice of my readers that there are topics about which...
December 09, 2013
The headline of the day at the Tribune: "Could sluggish Illinois lottery aim higher? Private...
December 09, 2013
A while back, I was involved in benefits benchmarking studies, and worked with people who...
December 08, 2013
So the minimum wage and income inequality are in the news again.First of all, I'm...
December 07, 2013
Everybody's getting snarky about the NBC "Sound of Music" production.Here are the obvious observations (every...
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