- Nov 13
None of the Above
I always hated this option on multiple choice exams. There was often a reason to suspect that one of the suggested answers could be...
- Jun 25, 2019
Detention Centers for Children: America's Shame
Published in ChicagoNow, June 25, 2019 Seventy-two years ago today, Anne Frank’s The Diary of a Young Girl was published. I remember...
- May 2, 2019
When a Mass Shooting of College Students is Not Breaking News
From The Chicago Tribune, May 1, 2019 Published in ChicagoNow, May 2, 2019 On April 30, a young man with a gun opened fire in a classroom...
- Apr 16, 2019
Immigrants: They Get the Job Done
Published in ChicagoNow, April 16, 2019 That’s a huge applause line from Lin Manuel Miranda’s Hamilton. We are a country of immigrants....
- Jan 14, 2019
Y2K and Today Some Belated Thoughts for the New Year
Published in ChicagoNow, January 14, 2019 The start of the new millennium was so frightening it had a special name: Y2K (Year 2000). In...
- Oct 25, 2018
Ten Bombs so Far: You Reap the Anger You Sow
Published in ChicagoNow, October 25, 2018 As I am writing this, a total of ten pipe bombs addressed to critics of Donald Trump have been...
- Oct 4, 2018
The Bully in Chief Belittles Christine Blasey Ford
Published in ChicagoNow, October 4, 2018 October is Bullying Prevention Month. How fitting that, on October 2, our Bully-in-Chief, Donald...
- Aug 30, 2018
How Can You See This and Still Support the Trump Border Policy?
Headed for a "tender age" shelter Published in ChicagoNow, August 30, 2018 There are still over 500 children, many of them under age...
- Aug 7, 2018
A Message to the Media: Don’t Give Attention to Political Bullying
Published in ChicagoNow, August 7, 2018 At a rally in Florida on July 31, Donald Trump whipped his MAGA followers into such an anti-media...
- Jun 18, 2018
Separating Kids from Parents is OK with Some Folks
John Moore/Getty Images Published in ChicagoNow, June 18, 2018 There was a dog whistle in Kellyanne Conway’s interview with Chuck Todd on...