Author: Mark Draughn

  • Cell Tower

    Cell Tower Read more

  • Yeah, That Sounds Like McCain

    Heh. Read more

  • Safer Driving Rules For the Children

    Here’s a slightly annoying Chicago Tribune editorial about changes in the rules for teenage drivers here in Illinois. Basically, they’ve increased the restrictions teenagers face. The new rules include: – Night restrictions for drivers younger than 18 are moved back an hour. – Passenger limits on 16- and 17-year-old drivers are extended from six months… Read more

  • Operation Support Our Troops – Illinois

    A friend of mine just reminded me of a great organization called Operation Support Our Troops-Illinois. Founded in 2003 by Debi Rickert, OSOTIL sends out care packages to our troops deployed in Afghanistan and Iraq. They follow Department of Defense security standards and guidelines. Most of the items they send are not available through the… Read more

  • Eternal Copyright

    In an op-ed entitled “A Great Idea Lives Forever. Shouldn’t Its Copyright?” in last Sunday’s New York Times author Mark Helprin tries to make the case for eternal copyright. Once the state has dipped its enormous beak into the stream of your wealth and possessions they are allowed to flow from one generation to the… Read more