The Home Insurance Building, the聽world鈥檚聽first skyscraper, and the Burj Khalifa, the聽world鈥檚聽tallest building, both聽owe their origins in the聽city of Chicago.聽
Those of you who listened to my radio show last Sunday heard that I was struggling with my voice. You may also have noted that I only answered text messages and took no phone calls. That鈥檚 because...
I find that I always go in and out of 鈥渕outhwash phases.鈥� Sometimes I convince myself that it is an absolutely necessary component of my oral health routine, while in other moments in life I...
鈥淢y moma [sic] said the chimney was blocked.鈥� Thus reads the letter from a 10-year-old girl in Wisconsin who was told by her mother that Santa Claus would not be dropping off gifts that year. The...
Just about every day we are confronted with some report about some food that is going to extend our life or accelerate our demise. Sometimes it鈥檚 even the same food! One day we are urged to use...
For anyone who flies into Shanghai Pudong International Airport, it鈥檚 a rite-of-passage to take the Maglev -- short for magnetic levitation -- train into the city. The railway is as much a tourist...
I do get some interesting questions. How about this one? 鈥淲hy in Central Europe did we as kids put a straw on an anthill, wait for the ants to crawl over it and then suck it for its sour taste? My...
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