Mary Schmich – Page 11

Tavon Tanner sits with his mother, Mellanie Washington, on Oct. 14, 2016.

Column: Four years after he was shot, Tavon Tanner’s family is grateful for his life — and for the two detectives helping him get to high school

August 8, 2020 at 2:08 p.m.

In this violent pandemic summer, Tavon Tanner has spent many days at home with his twin sister and mother watching the Chicago news. Shooting after shooting, death after death, child...

Jeliner Jordan sews masks for her neighbors on April 9, 2020.

Column: Hate that mask? You’ll like it better if you turn it into a story.

August 5, 2020 at 1:00 a.m.

Every mask tells a story. What's yours? Obviously, this question presumes that you have a mask and use it, in which case, you're not the prime target for the new...

People take their strolls through McKinley Park on July 14, 2020.

Column: Wake up. It’s August. What will you do with the rest of your pandemic summer?

July 31, 2020 at 7:00 p.m.

August? It's August? You look at the calendar and feel sideswiped. The word August slams into your brain like a truck that lurched around a blind corner and knocked you...

Sharron Pearson listens to speakers outside of Ebenezer Baptist Church for the funeral of civil rights icon U.S. Rep. John Lewis on July 30, 2020 in Atlanta.

Column: John Lewis’ funeral was a few hours of hope, away from the doomsday world

July 30, 2020 at 7:34 p.m.

For a few hours in the middle of the day Thursday, during the funeral of John Lewis, it was possible to hope again. Inside Atlanta's Ebenezer Baptist Church, where the...

Rep. John Lewis, D-Ga., stands beneath a bust of Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. at the Capitol in Washington on Oct. 24, 2019.

Column: A lesson from the life of John Lewis: Today’s troublemakers may be tomorrow’s heroes

July 29, 2020 at 1:00 a.m.

The hero was once called a troublemaker, and far worse. In the past few days, as the country has paid homage to the great John Lewis, that fact has been...

Column: Thanks, A.O.C., for making it a little easier to confront the vulgar bullies

July 24, 2020 at 7:12 p.m.

As I sat down to write this column, I realized I had a problem: Could I say f------ b---- in the Tribune? A week ago I would have known the...

A vacant lot in the 6100 block of South Bishop Street in Chicago has been turned into a garden, July 23, 2020. People who live on the block are working to beautify their community.

Column: South Siders and North Siders together bring paint, plants and hope to a Chicago block

July 24, 2020 at 1:00 a.m.

Come take a walk in the 6100 block of South Bishop Street in Chicago. "This house has been vacant for five years," Nanette Tucker says, passing a set of sagging...

Patrons enjoy a late dinner at Jeri's Grill on North Western Avenue in 2013.

Column: Guthrie’s Tavern. Jeri’s Grill. Taqueria Sabor y Sazon. We grieve the businesses lost to COVID-19.

July 22, 2020 at 1:00 a.m.

Some days it feels as if the businesses lost during the pandemic are like leaves falling off a tree when winter comes. Look. There goes another one. This week one...

A statue of the Greek historian Herodotus, outside Austria's Parliament in Vienna.

Column: Gather ’round, French majors, religion majors and more. Let us celebrate what the liberal arts taught us.

July 17, 2020 at 6:47 p.m.

Gather around, French majors and anthropology majors and you who focused your college life on the blessed study of religion. English majors, sociology majors, philosophy majors, you may as well...

President Donald Trump wears a mask during his visit to Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in Bethesda, Maryland, on July 11, 2020.

Column: ‘The Lone Ranger’: A New TrumPoem

July 17, 2020 at 1:00 a.m.

This is the latest in my occasional series of TrumPoems chronicling the presidency of Donald Trump, based, as always, on his own words and acts. 'The Lone Ranger' For months...

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