Guns is America: Anyone May be the Next Victim
In honor of John Lennon who sang, “Imagine all the people living life in peace.” Published in ChicagoNow, October 9, 2017 Today is John...
Oct 9, 2017
Fear, Division, Loathing, and the Empathy Gap
Photo by Alison Curtis Published in ChicagoNow, October 4, 2017 Many Americans seem to have forgotten how to have empathy for others....
Oct 4, 2017
Take a Knee or Maybe Two
Published in ChicagoNow, September 25, 2017 I’m not a huge fan of the NFL for a number of reasons. Football is a brutal sport and, not...
Sep 25, 2017
Taxes and Public Education: A Memo to President Trump
Published in ChicagoNow, April 18, 2017 In my community of Evanston, Illinois, we paid our taxes today. We also voted in a recent...
Apr 18, 2017
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 22, 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 14, 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
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