I credit Pres. John F. Kennedy, Nikita Khrushchev and Fidel Castro for politicizing me. The 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis came out of nowhere. I was a typical teenager thinking about art, sex, school, sex, my future, sex, money, sex, rock and roll, sex and...sex. I had plans. I would work hard to win a scholarship to the American Academy of Art in Chicago and if that failed, I’d attend Ft. Wayne Art School, but one way or another, I was going to be a professional artist. My famil

When I started as a newspaperman in Chicago, newspapers were leading the charge against an unpopular war in Vietnam, supporting the Civil Rights Movement led by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and bringing down corrupt Pres. Richard Nixon. Many newspapers didn’t make a profit back then but it didn’t matter because it was all about public service. Being a self-starter, I thought working for a newspaper was as close as I could get to being a freelancer and still get a steady paychec

God, Speak to the souls of the Electoral College. Give them the courage to deny Trump the presidency on December 19th. Back in the day (before last year) when people read stories about the rise of the Nazis in Germany before the war, they liked to say it can’t happen here. Well, it can. It’s happening now. We need our unique Democratic system to save us, unless you have something better up your robed sleeve. You are a constant source of surprises. Hey, you’re in charge. Thy

The shortest president was James Madison at 5’ 4”, but Trump stands to be the smallest. Every time he tweets, he reveals himself to be small and petty. I said it often during the campaign, “Trust God and trust the people.” Well, the people have a long way to go to regain my trust. The task of the people has shifted from picking a new president to holding Trump’s feet to the fire. The ACLU’s comment after Trump won the election was, “See you in court.” That’s why my charitable

Don’t let Trump’s appointments of racists, bigots, white supremacists and other monsters from the bottom of the swamp distract us from the many, many other important issues, like his and Rep. Paul Ryan’s plans to destroy Medicare and Medicaid. In typical Trump fashion, he was all over the map during his campaign, first saying he wouldn’t touch it and now saying he would, and that includes privatizing Social Security. Ryan is focused, where Trump is not. Ryan is by nature, an