A Tribute to a Former Teacher

I don’t want to write too much blah blah blah. I just want to share a tribute written by a friend and former classmate since elementary school. He wrote about one of our beloved former high school teachers (pictured on the left) who recently passed away. I will say more after you read his tribute….now […]

Congrats Mayor-Elect Lightfoot

Chicago has elected the first African American female as Mayor. In addition, she is openly gay. On Tuesday, April 2, 2019 in an historic run-off election, Lori Lightfoot won over 70% of the votes beating Toni Preckwinkle. Preckwinkle is also an African American female. I’m a native Chicagoan who was born and raised in North […]

Beauty through the Lens of Jim Benson

First impressions are just that, your first impression of someone or something. It is basically impossible to not have a first impression but what is important is to not always hold on to that impression. I met Jim Benson in a continuing eduction class at our local technical college. Jim is a big guy but […]

My Kind of Town

C is for Corruption…C is for Chaos…C is for Chicago! I am a Chicago native born, raised, and educated including undergrad and post-grad studies. I still love my hometown. Those who have moved away usually have done so because of reasons that are not specific to the city. Well unless you count tons and tons […]

Op-Ed: Electing New Chicago Leadership

From a distance, one can only read as events unfold in Chicago. Revolution is a good thing only when viewed in its entirety. Don’t get so caught up in toppling false gods and the witch hunt that you lose sight of what truly matters: What comes next? If you look at Arab Spring, Egypt, and […]