317 stories by "Don Hall"
Yes.It's true.I have a bit of a temper problem.No. Really.It usually rears it's head in the most unproductive ways. I'm Irish so I tend to stuff the things that truly enrage me (most often t…
"Cross-fit is not about how you look. Cross-fit is about what you can DO."He said it like a trainer. He said it like someone who discovered a new way of looking at working out. &…
And Here's Why We Tax Those Rich Bastards But Good!
****The Invisible Hand of the Great and Powerful Money ChangerAbout one in five Americans combine a view of God as actively engaged in daily workings of the world with an economic cons…
While it's no surprise to me that I live in one of the most diverse but divided cities in the country, it is a slowly creeping realization that Chicago is the microcosm that reflects the cou…
...that it actually makes perfect sense that the Extremely Wealthy and the Extreme Religious Right align with each other - both have belief systems based in transactional reward. The W…
Last night I performed a piece at The Moth. The theme was "Firsts."
On Facebook this past weekend:Joe posts this:The Meaningfulness of LifeGod? Conviction? Passionate intensity? What are the qualities that make for a life that matters?Which begat a day-long …
84th and Halsted:Driving from a BBQ in honor of a recently released exonerated death row inmate and his stalwart mother, I see an old black man in a blue suit. He is a bit in the road …
Hmmmm....Not as Bad as I Thought It Was Gonna Be...Just watched Ryan Reynolds in Green Lantern. Not great but it was entertaining and did a decent job of telling the origin story. &nbs…
Are bloggers legitimate journalists?The arguments range from a defiant NO to a qualified YES but, ultimately, legitimacy is granted by those who read the writing rather than any of the estab…
...that all the BIG issues facing us as a country are like Elephants and we're ALL blind men trying to figure out what this thing is. Maybe it's time to shut up and listen to the guy h…
The assignment was pretty simple and open-ended.For a WBEZ Off-Air event that I'm producing in October entitled The Art of the Political: Can the Stage Be More Than Entertainment?, we decide…
I work for public radio. I listen to public radio. I read news items constantly. I have an RSS feed as expansive as a small town library and find myself reading hundreds of articles a day…
House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan (R-WI), the author of the House GOP plan to phase out Medicare, does not like it when constituents publicly challenge him. In fact, people who disag…
When Superheroes Get Old...I love these. SOURCE****Man, This Stuff Pisses Me Off!The Madison Capital Times reports that in the latest development in the controversy over the state's new Vote…
SCENE:A young pregnant woman gets on the city bus. The bus is packed with every seat taken and the aisles filling up. This woman, mind you, is P-R-E-G-N-A-N-T - she looks like sh…
...that I just drove twenty hours in the past four days and my brain is mush.With that said, I believe that I LOVE my family more than you can know - they're like the cast of a Matt Groening…
KEYES: What about hospitals that provide abortion? Would you like to see the money stripped away from them, for instance? KING: Maybe. I'd want to look at the case. I think it's immoral…
Last week, as I finished my twelve-hour day of work for $3.15 per hour, I severely twisted my ankle on the factory floor and was shit out of luck because there was no worker's compensation a…
My first car was a Canary Yellow 1951 Chevy Deluxe. I was 16 years old and my mom cosigned so I could own it. This was in the early 1980s when all my friends (the ones who had graduated from…
A Coupla Updates on DH1) The WBEZ Off-Air Series that I co-produce is HOT! Buy tickets and dig our geeky badassness.2) I just finished my self-imposed two-month theater blackout (not d…
A man threw a fistful of coins at a Portillo's manager in Naperville because he was angry that he waited too long for his burger. Michael A. Ramirez, 54, went through the drive-thru and orde…
...that, as a general rule of thumb, a 3:00PM appointment out in Joliet should not be unapologetically extended past 6:00PM without my foot going firmly in your ass......that if God has to u…
Tiny FascistsWritten by an Ensemble of Grown Up Eagle ScoutsDirected by Mick NapierPresented by the Annoyance Theater Disclosure: I was comp'd in for the show and used to beat up Boy Scouts …
