Learning to Be Free While Sitting in a Maximum-Security PrisonNobody enters Stateville Correctional Center thinking they will be out soon. Almost every man at the prison, which is located about 40 miles southwest of Chicago, has been sentenced to a minimum of 20 years; some have been sentenced to life without… Jul 05 23July 05, 2023Article at The National Endowment for the Humanities
Raise for Rotary helps convert your network into donorsIf you’re on social media, you’ve likely had friends ask you to donate to their favorite causes to celebrate birthdays or to support disaster relief after tragedies. You see other people in your network contributing, and you’re drawn to give as well,… Jul 04 23July 04, 2023Article at Rotary International
The bright sideLast fall, I was helping with a voter registration drive at a high school. Although the first hour was slow, we managed to sign up two students. After the second student was done, I said: "Well, two is better than none, right?" And then I waited for… Jul 01 20July 01, 2020Article at s63afcb8001c944da83ad602614384002
The Lawyer With a Bear in His BriefcaseEvery day during the trial, Frank Daily passed the man with no arms and no legs who always smiled and cheerfully greeted him. Gordie Farrell, a Wisconsin farmer, sat at the plaintiff ’s table, where his attorneys argued that the tractor he left… Jan 11 17January 11, 2017Article at sda0f4e2e6ffa453abaafe0aa3c7f7da0
The Humanities Behind BarsLearning to be free while sitting in a maximum-security prison. By Nancy Shepherdson The cells of the Illinois State Penitentiary in Stateville, Illinois, as seen in July 1925. (Photo: Topical Press Agency/Getty Images) Nobody enters Stateville… Aug 05 16August 05, 2016Article at scaced3b6bafe46019ccb8bdd5617b6e4
Weird ScienceThis award-winning science makes you think and laugh. Sep 01 15September 01, 2015PDF at Weird Science
Powerful PresenceIn a courtroom in downstate Tazewell County, the 8-foot-tall face of a corporate executive looms over the jury, a projection of his video deposition. The same executive is sitting in the witness stand. Both versions are facing Bruce Pfaff, who is… Jan 02 12January 02, 2012Article at sda0f4e2e6ffa453abaafe0aa3c7f7da0
Everybody Wants to See Joe GagliardoYou won’t find much about Joe Gagliardo or his cases online. “My whole approach is to be discreet,” says the Chicago labor and employment litigator. He has had more than his share of high-profile clients, including Illinois governors, Chicago mayors,… Jan 03 11January 03, 2011Article at sda0f4e2e6ffa453abaafe0aa3c7f7da0
Built on Values: Creating an Enviable Culture that Outperforms the Competition42 ratings Most leaders know that a winning, engaged culture is the key to attracting top talent—and customers. Yet, it remains elusive how exactly to create this ideal workplace —one where everyone from the front lines to the board room knows the… Dec 28 10December 28, 2010Article at s20418d8a591641aa852ba96ee2c08e02
Preparing the Cross (Examination)Chicago trial attorney Peter King sometimes stops by a courtroom to watch Emily Nicklin take witnesses apart on cross. “Emily has the rare combination among trial lawyers of being intelligent, hardworking and practical,” says King, a Canel, Davis &… Jan 08 09January 08, 2009Article at sda0f4e2e6ffa453abaafe0aa3c7f7da0
The Lawyer Who Saw the LightningIn the spring of 1970, Steve Glynn was sitting in a jail cell in a Madison courthouse, bruised from head to toe. Two weeks away from graduating with honors from the UW–Madison Law School, and already a husband and father, he’d dared, that May night,… Nov 16 07November 16, 2007Article at sda0f4e2e6ffa453abaafe0aa3c7f7da0
Myths and Realities of the Mysterious Black SquirrelA black squirrel is one of nature's great "gotcha" moments Jul 01 05July 01, 2005PDF at Chicago Wilderness
Writing for GodotIn the beginning of the end, as Tim LaHaye tells it, millions of people will disappear off the face of the earth, “raptured” up to heaven. Over the following seven years, tribulations of all kinds--demon locusts, seas of blood, nuclear war--will… Apr 25 04April 25, 2004Article at s6e15b2eb78f345a9806c2ad17a9c65dd
Breathe DeeplyLike most busy people, I thought I was pretty good at managing my time. Deal with top-priority items first. Check. Handle each piece of paper only once. Check. Do three things at a time. Check, check, check. Sure, I got a lot done. But as I became… Jun 01 03June 01, 2003Article at sf78a51fc5ed04b97a8671a8fd462881b
life's a beach 101The Class of 2000 - the leading edge of the huge Echo Boom - is about to graduate from college. Can they teach marketers a few lessons about e-commerce? the beach in Panama City, Florida, is probably the last place you'd expect to find a corporate… May 01 00May 01, 2000Article at sfce496077e034c7db5b1146e7dd339d1
Holding All the CardsSwipe and save. For 46 percent of America's households, that has become a weekly routine. Frequent-shopper card programs, good for a wealth of discounts at the checkout, have convinced us to share some of the most intimate details about our lives:… Feb 01 00February 01, 2000Article at sfce496077e034c7db5b1146e7dd339d1
new kids on the lotGen Y's are growing up. Believe it or not, 27 million are already old enough to drive. Automakers, meet your customers of the future. They're young. They love cars. And there are a lot of them - about 70 million - a cohort nearly as big as the baby… Jan 01 00January 01, 2000Article at sfce496077e034c7db5b1146e7dd339d1
To Plan A TripPonce offers visitors a full calendar of events, from the traditional pre-Lenten masked Carnival to the monthly street-side jazz and folk concerts. Conta (Issue: November 1991).. Nov 18 91November 18, 1991Article at American Heritage
Credit Card AmericaHow we became a nation of instant, constant borrowers In 1987 Robert Townsend charged $100,000 on his fifteen personal credit cards to finance the production of a major motion picture, Hollywood Shuffle. It was a big risk, a desperate gamble that the… Nov 05 91November 05, 1991Article at American Heritage
Matchmaker, matchmakerViewpoints Rotary’s Membership Leads program handles the introductions; the rest is up to your club Club officer installations, as important as they are, tend to have a sameness — announce names and titles, swear them in, applaud. But when I heard… Article at Rotary International
