Monthly Archives: January 2018

In framing Bank of America’s decision to slip customers who bank electronically into higher-fee checking accounts as only leaving them the option of currency exchanges, Robert Reed (in a recent Chicago Tribune article) missed a golden opportunity to insist the … Continue reading →

It’s amazing that Amazon might be considering anywhere but Chicago for the placement of their new facility. Houston was just destroyed by Hurricane Harvey, and easily could be again. Austin escaped Harvey’s whole wrath by the skin of its teeth, … Continue reading →

I don’t follow Mother Church’s dicta, but I do try to keep up with world issues, so maybe for Lent we could talk about palm. How a food feels to us has a lot to do with how much we like … Continue reading →