For starters, I'm not the Illinois secretary of state and I have no power to take away anybody's driving privileges. That means I don't have the authority to tell people in their late 80s or older that they can't drive anymore.

My grandmother never learned to drive.For years, she lived in an apartment across the street from Marquette Park in Chicago and walked to local stores for groceries. To visit us - we lived further south in the city - she'd hop a Chicago Transit Authority bus or we'd drive north to give her a ride.

Psst. Wanna hear a secret? I'm a White Sox fan and have ridden the roller coaster of allegiance to the South Side team for longer than (gulp) a half-century.