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What happened to Asperger’s syndrome?
What happened to Asperger’s syndrome? — Read on theconversation.com/amp/what-happened-to-aspergers-syndrome-89836
Did you know Northwestern, Chicago’s Big Ten Team, has been posting old videos of Northwestern’s college football games since the 1920s?
Remember, Northwestern football is ancient. The team predates Ohio State, Alabama, USC, Penn State, and most of the other blue bloods. Don’t let anyone tell you differently, Northwestern has been playing football since nearly the beginning, and the past cannot … Continue reading
Happy 170th Birthday to the Irish Tri-Color
Happy birthday to the Irish tricolor. The flag turns 170 today. What is the meaning of the Irish flag? Where does the Irish tricolor have its origins? Here are some of the top facts about “Bratach na hÉireann” to celebrate … Continue reading
Pension “Reform” ?
No issue in America today better illustrates the divergent interests of working Americans and the 1 percent than pension reform. Substantial empirical evidence shows that America’s favored retirement vehicle — the 401(k), recently renounced by its own inventors — is … Continue reading
Chicago Loop Robberies Up 106%
Off-duty officer was struck in the face with a bottle and robbed in River North this weekend. Muggings there are up 50% this year. Loop robberies up 106% this year. Off-Duty Cop Mugged In River North As Downtown Robberies Continue … Continue reading
School Shootings Reveal Gaps in Our Mental Health System, Where Do We Go From Here ? We have to shift from a strategy of trying to find the bad guys and neutralize them to a framework of identifying what the core dilemma is, and what we can do on behalf of the many, many individuals who grow up with only a tenuous connection to other people and find themselves confused by and disconnected from their own emotions.
After Adam Lanza burst into Sandy Hook Elementary School and gunned down 20 students and six educators, Connecticut’s Office of the Child Advocate tapped Julian Ford to help make sense of the shooting. A professor of psychiatry at the University … Continue reading
Music Programs Have Great Value for Norridge School District 80 Students, But Someone Has To Pay For Them !!!
“Public School Cuts Music Programs; Teachers Lose Jobs” “High School Music Program Slashed” “Budget Cuts Affect Music and Arts” We see those headlines in the news all the time. Now we are seeing such headlines in the local Pioneer Press with … Continue reading