BY FROMA HARROP I was about to share my own sob story, when I read that hundreds of passengers missed their flights at Chicago O’Hare International Airport because of hours-long security lines. Many had to sleep on cots overnight, awaiting a morning escape. American Airlines says that in March, about 6,800 travelers missed its flights […]

BY VERN TURNER When did the money meme become the driving force in everything we do? It seems that everything we talk about in our human...

BY JIM HIGHTOWER Jack Nicholson dryly noted that his mother once called him a son of a bitch – and didn’t comprehend the irony. 2016 has certainly been an odd year for the political and corporate elites. They certainly couldn’t predict [and then subsequently stayed in denial about] the groundswell from the masses in terms […]

BY FROMA HARROP A funny thing didn’t happen on the way to the digital revolution. It failed to empty out the cities. If knowledge workers could communicate from anywhere, the futurists figured, why would they subject themselves to the traffic and noise of urban life? They could easily move their screens to a mountain chalet, beach […]

BY SHARON MARTIN Listening to the chairman of the Republican Party a couple of Sundays ago, two things were clear: 1. Power is more important to...