Shay My hometown of Chicago is all in a tizzy as public school teachers went on strike for the first time in 25 years. Growing up, I remember the teachers being on strike a lot, granted that is no comfort to the hundreds of thousands of parents scrambling today with their kids, many whom need to …
Back when I was 16, I thought I was damn near grown and knew everything. At 16, I had discovered the joys of Southern Comfort and sensimilla and pretty much forgot that my only real task at 16 was to go to school and strive to be a productive member of society. Instead I left …
So now that both the Republicans and Democrats have held their conventions and nominated their men, election season is in full swing here in the US. I am happy to say that I stayed up late and caught both conventions, in the end the Democrats spoke to me a lot more than the Republicans, but …