Jul 9
Younger than Biden
I’m younger than Joe Biden, but not by much. I play a version of what Rob Reiner (same age as me) calls Name That Name every day. Nouns...
Nov 13, 2023
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...
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...
Sep 18, 2018
Brett Kavanaugh and People Who Can’t Apologize: Some Thoughts on Yom Kippur
Published in ChicagoNow, September 18, 2018 One thing about Donald Trump that his base admires is his refusal to apologize. Ever. It...
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...
Jul 10, 2018
Citizens Should be Literate, Not Poorly Educated
Citizens who are literate make informed decisions Published in ChicagoNow, July 10, 2018 In my home town of Detroit, children do not have...