By John F. Di Leo -  On July 4, 1917, General Pershing’s American Expeditionary Force arrived in France, the advance team...

By John F. Di Leo - International trade has always been in the news.  Business reporters talk about a trade...

By John F. Di Leo -  On June 15, 1215 A.D., King John of England affixed his seal to the...

Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel Twitter feed photo By John F. Di Leo -  On May 31, Chicago’s Mayor Rahm Emanuel announced...

By John F. Di Leo -  John Laurens John Laurens was raised in privilege – for his time – in...

By John F. Di Leo - After three months of saber-rattling on the trade front – including the implementation of...

  By John F. Di Leo -  As you may have heard, Illinois has a pension problem.   Now, that’s not...

By John F. Di Leo -  As the weather warms in May, and neighbors start taking constitutionals around the neighborhood...

By John F. Di Leo -  Reflections on one of America’s first presidents on the anniversary of his birth… When...

By John Di Leo -  Much of the business news in 2018 has concerned the Trump administration’s impositions of new...