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Courage in the face of restoring one’s eyesight Continue reading →

When your hero dies, it’s as if the very shape of the earth has now changed. Ripples of heavy heart pain stab your soul, you walk down the street and you stumble for no reason, and the timing of the … Continue reading →

Sarah Palin appearance as reviewed by Buddy Holly Continue reading →

Connecting the Afghan war to a Chicago restaurant Continue reading →

He was at the end of the silver counter huddled over his coffee cup, still in his painter’s whites, his cap pushed back on his head. Sleet storm wind blew wet down Irving Park Road and would have shivered the … Continue reading →

A Chicago teacher meets a hero. Continue reading →

Welfare for rich people. Continue reading →

Stumbling south along a scratchy concrete sidewalk he can feel through his shoes, he passes the Lakeview Pantry storefront on Broadway in Chicago and tries to remember their distribution day but gets confused because the sky, so achingly blue and … Continue reading →

It was in the men’s locker room at the East Bank club in Chicago that the guy with the big ears asked me the question. I had no business being in that locker room. If W-2 forms had to be … Continue reading →

Back when we thought everything was possible because we had already made all our mistakes, Jill Clayburgh jumped off the movie screen and — in the sticky floor popcorn darkness of the Village Theater on Clark Street in Chicago, landed … Continue reading →