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On the first cold, gray November day between the up and the down escalators in the Food Court of the Thompson Center in downtown Chicago, there is an empty space where the sign to enroll in the Affordable Care Act … Continue reading →

You think it’s just about a baseball game? A moment ago the Cubs journey to win it all just got stopped cold. And I remember back when we were young guys, my friend Larry and I in a late September, … Continue reading →

Port Arthur Texas? They had giant oil rigs. And it was her hometown. That’s all I knew about the place back then I was a kid, sneaking through the lush, dark snapping bushes that surrounded an outdoor concert venue north … Continue reading →

That red dirt, green woods, wet summer smell. As if Wolfe’s soft, stone smile of an angel had come back to offer up a friendly nod and say “Good morning. Got a story here for you.” Again that red dirt … Continue reading →

A Tribute to Actor Michael Parks Maybe it’s the rain in Chicago tonight that makes it so easy to wash away the years since I rode that gloriously empty Pacific shoreline. Felt the power, heard the roar of that bike … Continue reading →

“23 million people. That’s like three Chicago’s! All of them loosing health care. “Oh no,” said the guy in the grey raincoat, blending into the Friday morning windy drizzle rush hour throng walking east on Randolph in downtown Chicago. “That … Continue reading →

From the last time Chuck Berry played Chicago. Five, six years ago. . . . ———————————————– When Chuck Berry, 84, collapsed from unknown causes on stage Saturday night in Chicago, the concert venue was not some glitzy down town tourist … Continue reading →