Sears, the former retail giant that got its start in Chicago, Illinois, recently vacated its last department store in the state.
Sears, Roebuck and Co. was founded in Chicago as a mail-order catalog in 1893 and eventually became the largest retailer in the nation.
The store grew to sell almost…
Remember the good old days? As in this summer, when Medium was playing hot and heavy with the bonuses and writers were singing their praises right and left on the platform.
The glory days have come and gone. There was, for a very brief time, a smattering of excitement over…
What do you think of this new Medium website? I don’t know if it’s my ancient Chromebook, which I hope to replace soon, or is it happening for everyone? But…
I don’t always read the help pages or the articles from Medium’s Creators Hub. I typically get on here and start writing, without a well-thought-out strategy.
But, I received an email today about Medium monetization, which has always been a bit murky to me, so I decided to give it…
In March 2020, my daughter’s school closed, supposedly for two weeks to flatten the curve. Remember when it was all about flattening the curve and we were all in this together?
All in this together has devolved to the point that the extremist hate group, the Proud Boys, make appearances…
Is coffee good for you? I’ve seen the answer to this swing back and forth over the years, but some recent research suggests that coffee might not be such a bad thing.
We’re not talking about sugar-filled iced frappuccino here. …
The nonprofit newsroom, ProPublica launched an eight-month-long investigation into the possible contamination of America’s chicken supply from a dangerous salmonella strain.
What they found is disturbing.
In May 2018, a “rare and virulent strain of salmonella” began showing up all over the country. …
I have been reading a lot of dire news from my Medium home page these days. The biggest worry seems to be that many top writers no longer feel Medium is a lucrative place to be, and they are abandoning the platform in droves.
Many writers are panicking about this…
You can lose weight on a 1,200 calorie-restricted diet. But you can also lose your mind.
I did it several times in my 20s, when I was deeply enmeshed in the American diet culture and before I understood anything about whole foods and a healthy relationship to eating them.
It…
The family of Francis Wayne Alexander finally has closure on his disappearance. By using genetic genealogy, authorities were able to identify his body which had been found 45 years ago in the crawl space of serial killer, John Wayne Gacy’s home.
Authorities think the young man was probably 21 or…
