What Do Taxes Do For Us?

What Do Taxes Do For Us? by John F. Di Leo May 16, 2018 A.D. As you may have heard, Illinois has a pension problem. Now, that’s not Illinois’ only problem, of course. Illinois also has a crime problem, an education problem, […]

Local Shade and International Trade

Local Shade and International Trade by John F. Di Leo May 9, 2018 A.D. As the weather warms in May, and neighbors start taking constitutionals around the neighborhood again, we enjoy the fragrance of the flowering trees – apple, cherry, […]

Made in the USA? Don’t Judge a Book by its Cover!

Made in the USA? Don’t Judge a Book by its Cover! by John F. Di Leo Friday, April 27, 2018 A.D. Much of the business news in 2018 has concerned the Trump administration’s impositions of new tariffs on imported goods.  […]

A Farewell to Carson’s, and the Assignment of Blame

A Farewell to Carson’s, and the Assignment of Blame by John F. Di Leo Friday, April 20, 2018 For over a century, Chicagoans grew up with a signature memory: special days downtown, shopping at Marshall Field’s and Carson’s, the great […]