

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 30, 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...
Aug 7, 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...
Jun 18, 2018


In Honor of Stress Awareness Month: Mom, the News, the Weather, and Me
Mom and me, about 30 years ago. Thinking of her today. Published in ChicagoNow, April 17, 2018 OMG, it was snowing in Chicago on April...
Apr 17, 2018


Thoughts About a Woman President
A fifth grader out canvassing for a referendum (who happens to be my granddaughter) Published in ChicagoNow, April 9, 2018 I have read...
Apr 9, 2018


Dr. Seuss Birthday Challenge to Donald Trump
Kind of looks like POTUS Published in ChicagoNow, March 1, 2018 In honor of Dr. Seuss’s birthday (March 2, 1904), I implore the president...
Mar 1, 2018


Why Did I Read *That* Book?
Published in ChicagoNow, January 30, 2018 at 10:02 am You know the one I mean. Fire and Fury. After hearing the author, Michael Wolff,...
Jan 30, 2018


Why I Joined the Womens March Again
My sign for 2018 featuring one of my grandkids at the 2017 March Published in ChicagoNow, January 22, 2018 By Chicago standards, January...
Jan 22, 2018


Our Dysfunctional State Government at Work
In Springfield with Honest Abe & his family By Laurie Levy, November 13, 2017 Governor Bruce Rauner and Secretary of the Illinois...
Nov 13, 2017


Frances Perkins: A Woke Woman You Should Know
Perkins with Eleanor Roosevelt in 1961, the 50th anniversary of the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire Published in ChicagoNow, October 24,...
Oct 24, 2017