“May you live in interesting times” is an age-old expression erroneously claimed to be a Chinese “curse”. It is said with the intent of wishing misfortune on someone. I felt like the target of the “curse” today, before the beginning … Read More
Here is Lou’s dispatch from a busy Memorial Day Weekend: two rather different parades in Shaker Hts and Chagrin Falls -Ed. Well, I’m “back in the saddle again,” as the saying goes, as far as parades are concerned. Since COVID-19 has … Read More
I was there outside Progressive Field in my vintage U.S. Army duds and a peace flag for a historic first. The Guardians’ played their first home game, minus the annual protests against a team playing under racist stereotypes. A great day … Read More
It was “Deja Vu all over again” as the late great New York Yankees Hall of Fame catcher Yogi Berra mused–one of his many malapropisms. I refer to the St. Patrick’s Day Parade in downtown Cleveland on Thursday afternoon, March 17th. … Read More
On April 4, 1967, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. delivered a landmark speech, “Beyond Vietnam: A Time to Break the Silence,” at Riverside Church in New York City. He drew the connections between US militarism, racism, and economic injustice, three … Read More