The Chicago Tribune kicks off a six-week celebration of its 175th anniversay by digging through the paper's archives, a place filled with triumphs and tragedies, oddities and oddballs, events and people both wonderful and wild, writes Rick Kogan.
south florida share a common value that a lifetime of hard work should be honored with a secure retirement. i stand with them when i say that social security must remain a reliable program, not just for this generation of seniors but for generations to come, to the opponents of this program, we will fight for the due benefits of our seniors who have spent a lifetime of earnings. we will not yield. we will not back down. and for this generation of seniors and the next and the next after that, we will not let social security be privatized. and while the social program keeps millions out of poverty, how we care for our retirees has not ended. the current cost of living formula that ties cola, tracks flation across the economy. our nation s economic downturn has prevented seniors from receiving an adequate cost-of-living adjustment and that s not right. the consumer price index for wage earners tells us that good and services were less expensive than the third quarter in 2008. bu