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Light in The Darkness: Judge Fred Biery Gives Free Civics Lesson To Trump Administration
I use this blog post tonight to present a short and profoundly powerful court ruling handed down on Saturday. My best friend sent this to me this afternoon, and upon first reading it, I had tears in my eyes. For all the right reasons. What follows is something you can read quickly, but I suspect Continue reading
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Where Is Empathy And Decency In Trump Administration?
There are, simply put, increasingly sad and cruel stories happening in our nation. Like you, I read and hear about them occurring in a far too regular fashion. Without doubt, Donald Trump is largely responsible for the most repulsive of these stories, as in the case of a man born in a German refugee camp Continue reading
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When Latino Kids Have Halloween Upended, What Does That Say About The Rest Of Us?
There are times when I feel embarrassed to sit down and watch the news. That was the outcome this weekend when I saw the WGN TV report on a simple and much-anticipated Halloween parade for children in a Chicago neighborhood. You know the kind of excitement when kids dress up as ghosts and goblins and Continue reading
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Chicago Marathon Turned Fearful Due To ICE
This past week while listening to WGN radio I heard a side of the Chicago Marathon that I had not considered. Upon hearing it, I wished to somehow have missed the story. It was just so dispiriting. Another example of what is so wrong in our country today. Sunday, it was reported that more than Continue reading
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