Articles filed under Commentary
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Remaining confident in the face of great personal lossesJan 03, 2021 12:00 am - As the dawn of a new year approaches, I suspect that most of us will be glad to put 2020 in our rear view mirrors. I know I will. What began with an absurd television pr...
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We are not helplessJan 01, 2021 12:00 am - This is a tightrope column, the kind you'd rather not write, about an event you don't feel you can ignore. You tread carefully, but you want people to pay attention as y...
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Life in Los AngelesJan 01, 2021 12:00 am - Los Angeles is on the verge of becoming the world's biggest COVID hot spot. "The epicenter," we say, shaking our heads. How did this happen? "It's not so bad here," we s...
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For all our sakes, let's resolve to move together into a better futureDec 31, 2020 12:00 am - If there is one word to sum up 2020, I believe it would be "polarization." In the past, when we as a country experienced intense stress, grief and loss, it brought us t...
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Cultivating hope and resilience during COVID-19Dec 30, 2020 12:00 am - Since March of 2020, on average I sleep about four to six hours a night and work 12 to 16 hours a day, seven days a week. Other than my daily walk around the neighborhoo...
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Hardships, horrors and hope: Reflections on a year of pandemicDec 29, 2020 12:00 am - This year has been like none other in my lifetime. The onslaught of the COVID-19 pandemic has made it an unprecedented year for all of us. This year has taken a staggeri...
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Editorial: A salute to those on the pandemic front linesDec 28, 2020 12:00 am - Second in an Opinion series Doctors, nurses, police, emergency workers, health care workers, grocery staff. All became heroes on the front lines of the 2020 war on coro...
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Odds and ends as 2021 (thankfully) arrivesDec 27, 2020 12:00 am - By Mark Shields My friend Mark Russell, the wonderful American humorist, had an ironclad prediction: The results of the 2020 Census will show that more than 215,000 Amer...
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Financial carnage will be legacy of government's managementDec 27, 2020 12:00 am - Closing of businesses in Illinois is controversial. I operate a manufacturing business with 500 employees. We are designated as an "essential" business and have never b...
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Schultz: A Christmas like no otherDec 25, 2020 12:00 am - So, this is Christmas. No travel, and no family or friends outside our secure little bubbles. If we are to take care of one another, this is what we had to do, one house...