When your Child Turns Forty
Wish I looked like this now! Published in ChicagoNow, February 9, 2017 I remember turning forty so clearly. Back in 1985, when you were...
Feb 9, 2017
The Women’s March — Why America Needs More Women in Charge
Sign created by Tim Rozwadowski Published in ChicagoNow, January 30, 2017 What is the most remarkable thing about all of the women’s...
Jan 30, 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
Aunt Bea’s Chocolate Cake and Other Sacred Recipes
Aunt Bea’s Chocolate Cake Published in ChicagoNow, January 3, 2017 I’m not sure anyone will want my recipe cards. My children tell me...
Jan 3, 2017
Lin Manuel Miranda’s Hamilton Inspires Kids to Learn History
Thrilled to receive Hamilton for Hanukkah Published in ChicagoNow, December 30, 2016 We Should be Teaching our Kids More History in...
Dec 30, 2016
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
Warren Cherry: Trump or God or Obama?
Warren Cherry's portrait on the preschool wall Published in ChicagoNow, December 7, 2016 Every year for the past twenty-four years, I...
Dec 7, 2016