VIA Times – February 2020 Issue Vital News, Vibrant VIews for Asian Americans in Chicago & Midwest

By: James DC   COUGH SYRUP VS. LAXATIVES A chemist walks into his shop to find a man leaning against the wall. ”What’s wrong with him?” he asks his assistant. “He came in for some cough syrup,” his assistant explains, ...

By: Jan Paul C. Ferrer   Many companies provide some form of incentive compensation as part of their overall compensation package. In fact, 85% of U.S.- based companies paid out bonuses in 2018, according to a recent survey by WorldatWork, an ...

By: Kayla Tejero   We are already on the second merry month of the year 2020! It has been an exciting year so far. Personally, I started off this year with my second semester of school. I have new subjects, and ...

By: Veronica Leighton   Salutations of Gong Hei Fat Choi (Happy New Year in Cantonese Chinese) and Happy Valentine’s Day (I Love You’s for Lovers) to all! February, being the shortest month in the Gregorian calendar, promotes and provokes all ...

CHICAGO (Feb. 11, 2020) – Eighteen area charities tonight shared more than $2.8 million raised by the 2020 Chicago Auto Show’s benevolent event, First Look for Charity, and one attendee left with the keys to a new vehicle. The black-tie ...

By: Elaine Lehman   Ernest Hemingway is one of my favorite authors. Cat In The Rain and Hills Like White Elephants. His social commentary subtle yet powerful, and use of words and language raised the American vernacular. My father had a ...

The Radical Pan features a sloping high lip for easy flipping and a safe non-stick finish Chefs on television make it look so easy to grab a pan and flip the foods inside. It is a skill, like rapid chopping ...

My name is Jesse Reyes and I am running to be an Illinois Supreme Court Justice. I am the son of immigrants and the product of a blue-collar family. I know the struggles that many people in Illinois endure on ...

By: Maria Girlie Pascual   When it was announced at our breakfast meeting this month that I was one of the top 3 brokers at our office, Realty Executives Advance in Schaumburg, I thought it was a joke. I received a ...

By: Nancy Abiera   “Love is patient and kind; love does not envy or boast; it is not arrogant or rude. It does not insist on its own way; it is not irritable or resentful;[b] it does not rejoice at wrongdoing, but ...