Mary Schmich – Page 20

An upside-down American flag is waved near Trump Tower on Oct. 28, 2019, in protest of President Donald Trump's first visit to Chicago since he was elected.

Column: A speech that said Chicago’s hell, except, of course, for Trump’s hotel. A new TrumPoem.

October 29, 2019 at 5:46 p.m.

This is the latest in my occasional TrumPoems chronicling the presidency of Donald J. Trump, based, as always, on his own words and actions. A GREAT CHICAGO SPEECH I flew...

The audience sings along to "O Come, All Ye Faithful" during the Songs of Good Cheer charity event at the Old Town School of Folk Music in 2015.

Column: Get your tickets now for Songs of Good Cheer with Eric Zorn and Mary Schmich

October 25, 2019 at 2:57 p.m.

This is your official invitation to the 21st annual Songs of Good Cheer. Songs, as we call it for short, is a holiday singalong at the Old Town School of...

A couple enjoys a September sunrise over Lake Michigan.

Column: After a thousand exhausting days of Donald Trump, there is a way out of the darkness

October 18, 2019 at 7:04 p.m.

The other night I ran into a woman, an ardent news consumer, who told me she'd given up listening to a certain popular daily podcast in the mornings because the...

The smell of pot is variously described as piney, musty or faintly foul, perhaps with notes of lemongrass, fire or wood. One of the most common descriptions is skunky.

Column: Chicago smells like weed. And it’s not even legal yet.

October 12, 2019 at 5:09 p.m.

A lot of people have been wondering lately what Chicago's going to look like once pot shops open up in the state. Will the Magnificent Mile become the Green Mile?...

Aimee Stephens sits outside the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington on Oct. 8, 2019. Stephens lost her job when she told the owner of the Detroit-area R.G. and G.R. Harris Funeral Homes, that she had struggled with gender identity issues almost her whole life. The Supreme Court heard oral arguments earlier in the day on her case.

Column: Of course it’s wrong to fire someone who is LGBTQ. What’s also wrong is that we still have to argue about it.

October 9, 2019 at 6:27 a.m.

We're still arguing about this? About whether it's OK to fire someone for being gay or transgender? What century is this anyway? That was the kind of incredulity some of...

The book cover of "Moby-Dick: Illustrated by Gilbert Wilson."

Column: Almost famous and long forgotten, Midwestern artist Gilbert Wilson, in death, is finally getting his due

October 6, 2019 at 1:44 p.m.

By the time Elizabeth Schultz arrived at the big red Kentucky barn to rescue Gilbert Wilson's paintings from oblivion, the artist was an old man. He was 82, broke, suffering...

Column: Until her death at 100, Chicago artist Peggy Lipschutz loved two things: art and politics

September 27, 2019 at 6:40 p.m.

"I have two loves," Peggy Lipschutz once said, "art and politics — politics being people, what happens to people." Lipschutz loved those things up until she died on Sept. 24,...

President Donald Trump arrives to board Air Force One at John F. Kennedy Airport after attending the United Nations General Assembly, on Sept. 26, 2019, in New York.

Column: Donald Trump and his Ukrainian call. A whistleblower and favors ‘small’: a new TrumPoem

September 27, 2019 at 1:00 a.m.

This is the latest in my occasional series of poems chronicling the rule of President Donald J. Trump. Small Favors And once again I'm flogged and flayed By ranters, runts...

Column: The grief and relief when summer ends

September 20, 2019 at 6:35 p.m.

It's been said that the only thing worse than dying would be living forever. Something similar could be said of summer: The only thing worse than summer's end would be...

A woman writes a note with a steel-tipped ink pen.

Column: It’s Write That Note Day. So just write that note you’ve been putting off.

September 19, 2019 at 9:11 p.m.

Grab that pen and notecard. Set aside the excuses. It's the third annual National Write That Note Day. Write That Note Day isn't really annual and the only calendar it...

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