R-T Columns
El Chapo | Planet Ryan
Remember last year when news broke of the notorious leader of the Sinaloa drug cartel, Juan “El Chapo” Guzman, masterminding a sophisticated escape from a maximum security Mexican prison? I’m…
Read MoreStarting off | Mark’s Remarks
Right before Christmas break, I get a bit of a second wind. I don’t know what it is, but I have this inner need to get things organized and cleaned…
Read MoreBah humbug? | Planet Ryan
Was it just me, or did anyone else struggle to get into the Christmas spirit this year? More than one person I spoke with relayed the same feeling and most…
Read MoreLife change list | Mark’s Remarks
Many people have given up on resolutions and I’m one of them. They never work. They are only moderately successful, if that. The only ones that ever work, in my…
Read MoreNo Room | Mark’s Remarks
Every Christmas, Michelle and I say we are going to get rid of decorations, not put up as much and try to downsize. Every year, we manage to get most…
Read MoreMy Last Trump-a-Thon | Planet Ryan
The last time I wrote about the emergence of Donald Trump, I received a mixed bag of responses. Some of you agreed and some of you REALLY didn’t agree. But…
Read MoreIntentional Parenting | Mark’s Remarks
While I waited recently in a retail spot across the river, I was basically forced to become part of a conversation I really didn’t want to be in. I couldn’t…
Read MoreChicago Style | Planet Ryan
Last week, after the Chicago Police Department released long-awaited dash cam footage of 17-year-old Laquan McDonald being shot multiple times by a Chicago police officer while laying in the middle…
Read MoreWarp Speed | Mark’s Remarks
There are plenty of people who will say this is the busiest time of the year for them. For some reason, I find that this time of the year is…
Read MoreGoing to the Movies | Mark’s Remarks
I recently started writing movie reviews. I go see a movie a week or so before it comes out. I judge the movie, giving it a thumbs up or thumb…
Read MoreNaming the Enemy | Planet Ryan
In January, I used my column space to express my feelings about the cowardly terrorist attack on the Charlie Hebdo office in France that claimed the lives of 12 innocent…
Read MoreAddicted to the Treadmill | 11/11/2015
I read a funny little article written by a parent the other day. She was talking about how stressful and busy things were from August through October of every school…
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