The Grateful Dead came to town for their farewell shows a few weeks back. I’m not convinced this is the end. In a few years they may decide to make some more money. Many aspects of the “Deadhead” lifestyle are silly or even downright dangerous. Severe drug abuse is one. The belief that adult life should be fun … Continue reading Grateful Dead Deliver the Goods
Encouraging people to wander into traffic at will is dangerous. By now everyone in Chicago has seen at least one “State Law – Stop for Pedestrians within Crosswalk” sign in the middle of the street. These signs, and the law they represent, don’t do anything but create problems. The 2010 law says that you have to completely … Continue reading State Law – Grow Up
I read an article in Crain’s today about Chase Bank’s decision to stop counting coins for existing customers. As you might expect there were many comments about the death of customer service. Others talked about how only big money matters. Neither viewpoint is really on the mark. Big banks do actually care about small accounts. Remember when they … Continue reading Chase Removes Coin Counting Machines – It’s Part of a Bigger Process
All in all this project doesn’t seem to make a lot of sense. The city has big debt problems, the state has big debt problems and the Feds have big debt problems. As a matter of fact there are big debt problems in Asia and Europe as well. If everybody’s broke where would the funding … Continue reading The Belmont CTA Flyover: Probably Unecessary