Happily for me, New Year’s Day is not January 1! For me, New Year’s Day has always been on that day in late August or early September when school bells ring out and millions of kids from kindergarten to graduate school return to the classroom.
Because I became a teacher, my life, my calendar, my body […]
Summer Book Bag
Al Gini
Resident Philosopher, WGN
Quinlan School of Business
Loyola University Chicago
Summer time and the living is easy! Or so we think!
Vacation time, backyard time, front porch time.
Some extra time- relaxing, traveling, and while on vacation reading!
Plenty of time to curl up with a good […]
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Fun Presidential Factoids and Trivia
Taken from: The Complete Books of Presidents
WM. Degregoric
Al Gini
Primary fatigue aside, what this exercise is all about is electing the 45th president of the United Taters of America. Below, in no particular order of importance, is a list […]
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It’s So Easy to Be a Bystander
Al Gini
“This, this was the thing that I had wanted to understand ever since the war. Nothing else. How a human being can remain indifferent. The executioners I understood; also the victims, though with more difficulty. For the others, all the […]
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The Aurora Borealis
Al Gini
My wife loves to travel. And she especially loves to travel to unusual and out of the way places. So, over the years I’ve found myself in the Peru climbing to see Machu Pichu, gorilla tracking in Uganda, barging down the river in […]
Super Bowl Sunday: The New Holy of Holies
Gini in a Bottle
I love the game of football. I played the game for years, and I enjoyed every moment of it. I like watching football at both the college and pro levels. And, when there is an extra-special game on, I’ll arrange my entire calendar […]
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Christmas Book Bag
Al Gini
Christmas time! Family, friends, parties, gifts! And maybe, if you’re really lucky, some downtime for yourself. Maybe even some time to read a book. Who knows? It could happen! So, if you’re looking for a few good books to give as gifts […]
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Al Gini
Distrust
As I grow older I’m becoming more and more cynical about the general state of reality. Or perhaps I should say, I’m becoming more distrustful, unsure, and skeptical about life in general. For example whether you are a Democrat, Republican, Libertarian, Unitarian, or Vegetarian: “Americans overwhelmingly think […]
“Having It All”
Al Gini
Gini in the Bottle
In 2012 Anne-Marie Slaughter published an article in The Atlantic that attacked the sacred feminist-mantra that women can “Have it All.” That is, that women can hold down real jobs, prestigious jobs, socially necessary and important jobs, and at the same time, be […]
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Al Gini
Donald Trump
Why is Donald Trump running for the Republican nomination and ultimately the presidency of the United States? I’m serious, have you thought about it at all? Why would a self-made billionaire best known for a series of real estate developments, a string of beautiful […]
Al Gini
Gini in a BottleAndrew Keyt
Family MattersAnne Reilly
N.B.*Cliff Shultz
Emerging MarketsEve Geroulis
The PolisJohn Caltagirone
The Value StreamMaciek Nowak
The Supply ChainMary Ann McGrath
The Market ShareQuinlan Ramble
The Quinlan RambleRaymond Benton Jr
Sustainability and Social EnterpriseStacy Neier
Q the RunwayTimothy Classen
The Pulse