You could say it was a sort of homecoming. Since Saturday, I’d been on the road, bird-dogging U2’s Bono across the Midwest on his mission to save Africa from the one-two punch of an AIDS pandemic and the kind of poverty most Americans simply cannot fathom. Wednesday, his Heart of America tour arrived at Wheaton College, and I found myself sitting in my alma mater’s chapel for the first time in a decade. It’s a room I know well. I... Read more
Experiencing the lightness of being in Iowa Chicago Sun-Times December 1, 2002 FAIRFIELD, Iowa — Backstage during a production of William Shakespeare’s “A Midsummer Night’s Dream,” one of the teenage fairies sniffs homeopathic oil to soothe her head cold. Several younger cast members chat quietly in the wings, doing yoga stretches and adjusting their platinum wigs. Oberon, the barefoot King of the Fairies, stubs his toe coming off stage, winces silently, and keeps moving. It’s opening night at the Maharishi... Read more
Most of the grounds of the Dachau camp are covered in pebbles. Not the small kind found on the edges of gardens or the bottoms of fish tanks. Not gravel. Small stones. Like the ones Jews place on memorials at burial sites. Read more
SOUL SURVIVOR CHICAGO SUN-TIMESJANUARY 7, 2001By Cathleen FalsaniReligion Reporter Mike Pfleger is standing in the middle of the women’s department at the Burlington Coat Factory in Burbank. He’s lost. A sea of winter coats lies before him-down, wool, faux fur, floor- length, knee-length and everything in between. He hasn’t a clue where to begin and heads toward a display of men’s leather jackets before veering back into the women’s section. “I don’t have a wife, so . . .,” the... Read more
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