Trump's Budget: Values of a Heartless Rich Man
Published in ChicagoNow, March 22, 2017 Martin Luther King taught us that, “Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.” Donald...
Mar 21, 2017
Voting: How to Balance Respect for Experience and Opportunity for New Ideas
Published in ChicagoNow, March 14, 2017 There is something to be said for experience and institutional memory. James Baldwin told his...
Mar 13, 2017
Why Folks Like Me Dont Buy Greeting Cards
Published in ChicagoNow, March 7, 2017 I went to my local Jewel to buy a Bar Mitzvah card. This has never been an issue in the past. The...
Mar 7, 2017
Today is Holocaust Remembrance Day – Why Did I Forget?
Published in ChicagoNow, January 27, 2017 Still trying to tame my email from eight days of non-connectivity in Cuba, I just noticed at...
Jan 27, 2017
Why Visiting Cuba Made me Feel Guilty and Grateful
Produce for sale American style Published in ChicagoNow, January 26, 2017 Just back from a Road Scholars tour of Cuba, I went to the...
Jan 26, 2017
Ten Things I Did Today Instead of Watching the Inauguration
Posted in ChicagoNow, January 20, 2017 Just got back from nine days in Cuba where there was no Internet or news. Guess what? Aside from...
Jan 20, 2017
Indivisible not Invisible
Posted in ChicagoNow, January 9, 2017 It’s a simple pledge that every school child recites. In fact, several years ago, I posted one of...
Jan 9, 2017
Election of 2016: Worse than 1968? Worse than Watergate? Maybe.
Vintage Nixon Published in ChicagoNow, December 17, 2016 Like many of us who lived through the horrors of 1968, culminating in Richard...
Dec 17, 2016
The Zoo That is our Health Care System
Published in ChicagoNow, November 16, 2016 What kind of health insurance policy is there for a divorced mother of three, working for a...
Nov 16, 2016
Some Thoughts About Yesterday’s Election
There is still joy and beauty and happiness and love in my world. Published in ChicagoNow, November 9, 2016 Today is the anniversary of...
Nov 9, 2016