Every goddamn day: 04/30/25

   I thought about putting the flag out Saturday to mark the 60th anniversary of Brown v. the Board of Education, the landmark 1954 Supre...

     In my 30 years of reporting for the Sun-Times, I've had cause to be there exactly twice, the second time last week. It is probabl...

      On Monday, a colleague sent me a link to  this touching video  of senior citizens outside of Chicago helping Brazilian students le...

     Thirty years. More, thirty-two, almost. No family. No responsibilities beyond a job I loathed. Nothing to do after work but cruise down...

     High school students volunteer more nowadays than when I was a kid.  No so much because they’re better than we were, though I think...

     Here's a contradiction: I love brands but hate branding.       Certain products, packing, logos and labels simply have a beauty ...

     Books are worth less.      Not worthless, I rush to point out. Worth less. An important space between those two words. Still wort...