If you’re born here you are a citizen. That’s how it’s been and how it must continue to be.
Our earth is now more dry and warm Than we’ve ever seen before. And climate trends suggest that We’ll see this even more. As the planet dries, to great exte…
My home is in Chicago, and perhaps will always be. Seeing other places, sometimes, Is a form of therapy.
As snowflakes drift across the Interstate before me Arctic gusts transform them into bubbling brooks and boiling cauldrons
Tracy Chapman wrote a song late i… which deserves to endure forever,… and a plaintive story about the di… that Life can sometimes bring. It received lots of airplay in the…
When the sun shines on Friday mor… Especially in the Spring It reminds us of what good things The coming day can bring. So offer the people you encounter
Three 9-year-olds were slaughtered… Because the Second Amendment Gives the false impression that Owning guns is an unfettered right For nearly any person who wants to…
No shadow today Thanks to Punxsutawney Phil Spring is almost here
Coffee and a crossword now The farmers market later College football on TV after that How could Sunday ever top that?
What 18 year-old, still only a kid himself, walks into an elementary school and starts firing? Columbine, Sandy Hook,
In the enduring schism between “Dog People” and “Cat Pe… (since hardly anyone can be both, and people who get along without p… are not really at issue here)
Chewbacca is a wookie C3PO is a droid. Luke’s the Jedi student to fill Kenobi’s void. Vader is a scary villain
Ted Mondale, the son of the man who served as Jimmy Carter’s vice president, eulogized the former president tod…
Checks and balances Ensure that no president Can ever be king
He rages, seethes, intimidates to keep the world on edge. His social feed, it dominates and serves to drive a wedge. He makes his opponents cower,
