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
Some Thoughts About Yesterday’s Election
There is still joy and beauty and happiness and love in my world. Published in ChicagoNow, November 9, 2016 Today is the anniversary of...
Nov 9, 2016
2016 Election on November 9: We Need to Find our Common Humanity
My granddaughter in 2008 Published in ChicagoNow, October 26, 2016 Yesterday, my ten-year-old granddaughter reported her classmate was...
Oct 26, 2016
A Nasty Woman Responds
Published in ChicagoNow, October 20, 2016 I’ll claim the title. For the upcoming election, I’m Trump’s worst nightmare. A white, suburban...
Oct 20, 2016
Bullying, Setting Kids on Fire, Creepy Clowns, Locker Room Talk, and Other Hated Filled Acts
These kids deserve a better world Published in ChicagoNow, October 10, 2016 This is not the world I had hoped my eight grandchildren...
Oct 10, 2016
Donald Trump: Please Don't Equate Presidential Debates and Football
Even a child can figure out how to watch two things on at the same time. Photo by Kari Jasus. Published in ChicagoNow, August 1, 2016...
Aug 1, 2016
Thank You Michelle Obama
USP photo Published in ChicagoNow, July 26, 2016 Last week, I was in despair. Donald J. Trump had painted such a dark picture of his...
Jul 26, 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 15, 2016