Guest View: Census snapshot – The past and the future
The recent release of the 1940 U.S. Census forms by the National Archives caused an Internet crash as millions of Americans went searching for the records of their families, loved ones, and old memories – and occasionally to see if someone was telling the truth about growing up in Chicago. Although it was difficult, I eventually found the record of my maternal grandmother, my mom at age 18, and my surviving 85-year-old aunt as a 13-year-old sixth-grader.
Guest view: Water softeners, a hard problem
Water softeners reduce the “hardness” of the water in your household, which can have several benefits for consumers. Less soap and detergents are needed for laundry and cleaning. There is less staining, spotting and scaling on appliances. Clothes last longer and there are energy...
A Christmas memory that has lasted 65 years
Nothing is as pure as the faith of children at Christmas time.
Can Arnold unring the credibility bell?
There was apparently nothing illegal about the fact that Arnold
No straddling the divide between rhetoric and reality
I don't get it. The divide between the rhetoric and the reality
A solution for the cannery’s steam noise
From my recollection of steam studies in college, the cannery





