We have to take off our shoes and socks and walk in the dirt of 2020.
Posted inLetters To The Editor, Opinion
It’s who you know – not that well
“I am here to say: it’s who you know.” This was the answer a business club speaker gave to the basic blueprint of job success: Is it what you know or who you know? I was a guest at the meeting. That was in another town, decades ago. A few days later a member asked […]
Posted inOpinion
Ballot objections reveal inequity
Oak Park resident Kevin Peppard has filed objections against the candidacies of Anthony Clark and Chibuike Enyia for Oak Park Village Trustee.
Posted inFeatures, News
The real mystery? Why this took so long to write
As soon as anyone who asks what motivated me to write a novel finds out I was an English major, that simple fact seems to be explanation enough.
Posted inNews
Rich Means, 78
With his wife Anne at his side, Richard (Rich) Kenneth Means, 78, of Oak Park died peacefully of complications of COVID-19 after a short illness.
Posted inOpinion
Euclid Methodist goes carbon-free
The planet is heading into trouble as the Western U.S. is burning and the intensity and number of storms are increasing in the South.
Posted inOpinion
Less for policing, more for social services
To those running for the Oak Park Village Board or President/Mayor in the spring, a suggestion: Promote radical collaboration with Oak Park Township.
Posted inOpinion
Good causes abound in this season of giving
I asked a couple of friends to compile a list of the good causes they donate to when they can.
Posted inOpinion
Christmas (Baby, please stay home)
I think I’m mostly grouchy because I love Christmastime, and we are making the best of it but there’s stuff we’re just not going to get.
Posted inOpinion
Active waiting during the season of Advent
Advent is a season of waiting, though our world recognizes time as a valuable commodity, and some are forced to wait more than others.