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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 to one year. These … [Read more...] about Safer Driving Rules For the Children
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 military supply system and are … [Read more...] about Operation Support Our Troops – Illinois
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 next. Though they may be divided and diminished by inflation, … [Read more...] about Eternal Copyright