Sep 5, 2019
Guns in America: Thank You Walmart
Published in ChicagoNow, September 5, 2019 Yesterday, Walmart took some steps that our Senate and President have refused to take, despite...
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...
Mar 27, 2018
Black Panther and the March for our Lives Give Me Hope
Published in ChicagoNow, March 27, 2018 When my husband was five back in 1951, he had a recurring dream that he could fly. My brother had...
Mar 19, 2018
Enough — Time to Tackle our Nation's Gun Problem
Generation Columbine at ETHS. Photo by Katelyn Varhely Published in ChicagoNow, March 19, 2018 My grandkids are part of what has sadly...
Mar 6, 2018
Americas Gun Culture: Ballet with a Bullet
When the ballet skirts I ordered for my granddaughter’s birthday arrived from a Florida retailer that sells clothing for dancers, I was...
Oct 9, 2017
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 4, 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....
Jul 11, 2016
Hope and Despair and Last Week’s Killings
In honor of John Lennon who sang, “Imagine all the people living life in peace.” Published in ChicagoNow, July 11, 2016 Yesterday at the...
Jun 7, 2016
Guns Kill More People than the Gorilla Shot Memorial Day Weekend
Photo by Dmitriy Published in ChicagoNow, June 7, 2016 Sixty-nine people were shot, and six of them died, over Memorial Day weekend in...
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...