Ron Jackson

He said it, but he didn’t say it. He being Mayor Brandon Johnson, of Chicago. What he said but didn’t say was that deceased former president Richard M. Nixon was

Now everyone is a security expert with the know-it-all to protect a high-profile target. No, we are not. Most of us can’t even protect our personal property from a neighborhood

Life is about learning. Most things I have learned I can recall how and when I learned them. Reading, writing and arithmetic learned in first grade in 1963. How to

Six people wounded by gun violence on a very late Friday evening in Kankakee was an unfortunate yet preventable incident. Six people shot in one night. Those are numbers typically

We are roughly halfway between Memorial Day and Veterans Day. Two days that we encourage, hope and even implore citizens to consider the service and sacrifice of millions of fellow

I have experienced natural disasters — earthquakes, tornadoes, blizzards and wildfires. I prefer earthquakes. There are no warnings. You have no time to prepare. It’s just shock and awe. Without

Being an American preteen in 1968 could be summarized best by the open line from “A Tale of Two Cities,” by Charles Dickens. “It was the best of times, it

We are down to our last extended weekend from work for the summer — a sure sign that fall and winter and wardrobe changes are awaiting us.

Nothing dashes the enthusiasm, energy, hope, optimism, potential and promise of a new back-to-school than a back-to-school shooting.

We talk a lot about role models and heroes, especially for children. The conversation tends to sound comparable to discussions about dinosaurs, referring to something that is extinct. Or something