Many tell us what to think. I ask my readers to be skeptical. Question me and others.

Henryk A. Kowalczyk

 

272 stories by Henryk A. Kowalczyk

Politicians are right; reality is wrong

Twenty years ago, Congress presumed how fast the economy would grow in the future, and how many foreign workers...

May 18, 2006

Migration to the future

The goal is to create a system where obtaining a guest worker visa would be a simple and easy...

May 17, 2006

Can we agree not to use words like “liberal” or “conservative”?

“Liberals hate it” – one can read this on the billboards advertising some conservative radio station.  In their disgust...

May 15, 2006

Ask your doctor is (fill the blank) is good for you

TV is full of one-minute tutorials on many medical conditions. Every lecture ends with a suggestion: “ask your doctor...

May 10, 2006

Polls on immigration are unproductive

It is unproductive to ask Americans what they think about immigration. Public is simply misinformed and emotionally charged by,...

May 4, 2006

Who is at crossroads?

“Immigrants at crossroads” calls Chicago Tribune headline today. Are they? About 11 millions of them stay here despite that...

May 1, 2006

Something needs to be done…

Five-year-old Josh Martin of Naperville was playing with his 8-year-old brother during a family trip to a Lowe’s improvement...

Apr 30, 2006

Cutting the branch…

“Baby boomers” are reaching retirement age. There will be more people collecting Social Security checks, and fewer will be...

Apr 26, 2006

The naked truth about Net neutrality,

and why Congress should stay away from it. With the Internet becoming a commodity and with the emergence of...

Apr 10, 2006

President is gone – we stay

Most Poles living in Chicago have been disappointed with the way the Chicago Tribune covered the recent visit of...

Feb 22, 2006