Still Advocating
Writings of a retired educator, advocate, & baby boomer

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...

Vintage Nixon Published in ChicagoNow, December 17, 2016 Like many of us who lived through the horrors of 1968, culminating in Richard...

There is still joy and beauty and happiness and love in my world. Published in ChicagoNow, November 9, 2016 Today is the anniversary of...

My granddaughter in 2008 Published in ChicagoNow, October 26, 2016 Yesterday, my ten-year-old granddaughter reported her classmate was...

Published in ChicagoNow, October 20, 2016 I’ll claim the title. For the upcoming election, I’m Trump’s worst nightmare. A white, suburban...

Published in ChicagoNow, October 17, 2016 Apparently, the Trump men feel sexual harassment in the workplace is just part of the job. If...

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...