Tag: Chicago

Vultures are circling Chicago now

“Welcome to the Wild West!” some say. “We’re safer,” say others. And there will be lots of firing back and forth of arguments for and against Chicago’s concealed carry law. * * * The law...

/ January 6, 2014

Arranged marriage in the US, elementary ed and Chicago-born words

“My parents chose my husband” — Here’s an interesting story about life in an arranged marriage in the United States. Debie Thomas is an American and was raised evangelical, but at 22 married almost a...

/ August 23, 2013

He Stepped onto the Train and I Just Knew

The following is a true story. Quotations are recorded accurately, to the best of my memory. He stepped onto the train and I just knew. Everyone else in the car knew, too. The tattered clothes....

/ August 8, 2013