- Feb 25, 2016
How Main Street Changed Over 40 Years
The notions department at Vogue Fabrics Published in ChicagoNow, February 25, 2016 When was the last time you saw a sales clerk write out...
- Feb 24, 2016
Standardized Testing: March Madness Returns to our Schools
Published in ChicagoNow, February 24, 2016 March madness is almost upon us. I’m not talking about the basketball tournament, but rather...
- Feb 15, 2016
The Death of Antonin Scalia: Supreme Rudeness
From the Dallas News Published in ChicagoNow, February 15, 2016 I will confess right off the bat that I was no fan of the late Supreme...
- Feb 11, 2016
The Valentine’s Day Grinch
Published in ChicagoNow, February 11, 2016 How should a man who just broke up with his husband of 10 years celebrate Valentine’s Day?...
- Feb 9, 2016
The Shadow Box and Salvaged Memories
The Shadow Box Published in ChicagoNow, February 9, 2016 Cleaning out my mother’s apartment after she died was one of the saddest things...
- Jan 25, 2016
How to Teach Science to Preschoolers
Published in ChicagoNow, January 25, 2016 When was the last time a teacher pulled you into her classroom so excited to show the work of...
- Jan 18, 2016
How Not to Honor Martin Luther King
Published in ChicagoNow, January 18, 2016 At a grade school assembly to honor Martin Luther King, a child from a self-contained class for...
- Jan 12, 2016
Boomer Nostalgia Puzzling Over the Spirit of the Sixties
Published in ChicagoNow, January 12, 2016 Guess what I found in the attic Sunday morning? A 1,000-piece jigsaw puzzle called Groovin’...
- Jan 6, 2016
The Art of Developmentally Appropriate Early Childhood Education
Published in ChicagoNow, January 6, 2016 There is no better place to lift my spirits on a dreary winter day than Cherry Preschool. I...
- Jan 4, 2016
“In Other Shootings” -- Our Problem with Guns
Photo by Dmitriy Published in ChicagoNow, January 4, 2016 “In other shootings.” Those words were actually the seventh paragraph in a...