This Salon article nicely sums up some of the most significant issues with the current mayor. I  appreciate that Salon has a national audience, and this article can play a role in a media counter-offensive that will hopefully arise post-Time cover. But can I say . . . I’ve...

In spite of vehement protesting, parental outcry, and lawsuit threats, the hand-picked, mayoral-appointed Chicago Board of Education has overwhelmingly voted to close 49 elementary schools and one high school. This bothers me on so many levels. The board has made claims that the school closings will help close a...

Psalm 32 What a blessing it is to be among those you have forgiven, LORD, those whose record of wrongdoing you have wiped clean. People who are honest about their lives      have everything going for them; they never have to cover their tracks or worry that they’ll be...

For the first time since Mayor Rahm Emanuel took over CPS, his CEO laid out an education plan, calling for high academic standards, more focus on parental engagement and greater accountability for the district, including an annual scorecard. Among specifics called for in the plan announced by Barbara Byrd-Bennett...

Galatians 1:11-24   Paul didn’t have catchy little memes and placards, but he had some themes as he preached to the people of Galatia and elsewhere, trying with fervor to convince them to maintain the faith they had received and not be frightened or disheartened into falling away. I...