The Ninth deserves better than a parachuted campaign from someone whose connection to our neighborhoods is thinner than a Metra ticket stub.

While wine pairings can elevate the experience with this biccy fest, not everyone drinks alcohol. So I have pairings for that, too.

I couldn’t help but draw the unsettling parallels between the Stalinist messages of the movie and the political chaos unfolding under President Trump and Elon Musk.

At 15 years old, I was offended when a teacher likened my writing to Hemingway. So I vowed never to read another of Ernest’s novels.

Learn about the indigenous Ilocano faith tradition called Anitism.

What is an Ilocano and Hawaiiano? I love to answer this question about my ethnicity and its Hawaii variant.

We take for granted our freedom to write and protest the powers that be in America. And there are heroes among us who’ve faced true oppression for doing the same.

Rudy Farinas leaves a living legacy that Carrie’s his love into a new generation—through his granddaughters.

A homily delivered at the memorial service of Jay Westerman of Chicago, Illinois.

A thought on the occasion of a death in the family.

A reflection on people who forget.

The parable of the farmer at Menard’s.

Two of my favorite paintings are by Carl Bloch and Frans Schwartz of the same subject.

Originally posted on July 1, 2020. I still dream of him. I was a little boy. I called him, “Grampa.” He wasn’t, really. But he was.