Category : Featured Article
ATTICUS FINCH AND PART ONE OF THE TROUBLE WITH CIVILITY
I mean to write at least two Articles about professional civility. Until a few months ago there was no better example of civility than Atticus Finch of Maycomb, Alabama as we knew him from To Kill a Mockingbird. Then came the recently released Go Set a Watchman and its cruel “exposure” of Atticus as a […]
A MONUMENT TO CORRUPTION
I begin with a few words about foresight or the lack of it. The first diagnosis of asbestosis came in 1924 in the UK. Despite increased knowledge of the dangers of asbestos over the next few decades, Lake County built its sprawling Crown Point Government Complex in the early 1970’s with asbestos seemingly in every […]
IGNORANCE OF THE LAW ENFORCEMENT
The photo above may look familiar. There are multiple versions of this threatening sign near the Lake County Jail. One apparent purpose of the sign and its prohibition of “unauthorized communications with Inmates” is to maintain a safe distance between the public and “trusty” inmates who venture outside for some useful task such as exercising […]
The Quadro Tracker (A Tale of Scoundrels, Fools, and Public Funds)
I knew back in 1996 that the story of the Quadro Tracker had to be remembered, retold, and shared with a forgetful public. So here it is after 19 years of dormancy. On January 15, 1996 Region readers of the NWI Times were treated to front page ink (above the fold) on the wondrous Quadro […]