I don’t like sports, but as a 23-year resident of Chicago even I felt how …
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Clear Your Clutter
I have friends who won’t invite anyone over because their place is a mess. As …
Read MoreReview of The Lyric Opera’s Bel Canto
In 2012, work began on the impressive challenge of turning Ann Patchett’s novel Bel Canto …
Read MoreIt’s Ugly In Here
It’s ugly in Chicago. Between the police brutality that gunned down a Black teenager who …
Read MoreChicago Protest #LaquanMcDonald
I’m too middle-aged to last long in drizzly, chilly weather, but I spent almost two …
Read MoreDemonstration Demands Action on McDonald’s Murder
A demonstration is called for 11:00 a.m. today in downtown Chicago. Marchers meet at the …
Read MoreThey Played Us Like a Cheap Recording
Demonstrators link hands in downtown Chicago last night. Jim Young – Reuters I’m so …
Read MoreJesus, Cubs Fans…
On Wednesday night, as the Chicago Cubs baseball team struggled with a score of 6-0 …
Read MoreWatching the Cubs game, or not
I’m impressed by people who will be able to watch tonight’s Cubs game. I can’t …
Read MoreCubs in the World Series 2015?
To get into the spirit with the rest of the Chicago northside, and because I …
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