Of Monuments of Remembrance – Part 2

Part 1 of this article can be found here. The Wednesday before last, when I was computer-impaired because of Microsoft’s Vista, Governor Rod Blagojevich agreed to the suggestion of the NIU president to use $40 million to tear down and … Continue reading

Of Monuments of Remembrance – Part 2

Part 1 of this article can be found here. The Wednesday before last, when I was computer-impaired because of Microsoft’s Vista, Governor Rod Blagojevich agreed to the suggestion of the NIU president to use $40 million to tear down and … Continue reading

Of Monuments of Remembrance – Part 1

I haven’t written anything on the Northern Illinois massacre beyond my being astounded by NIU’s president and police chief assertion of satisfaction with the way things went after the mass murder and how my grandfather helped stop an early 1940’s … Continue reading

Of Monuments of Remembrance – Part 1

I haven’t written anything on the Northern Illinois massacre beyond my being astounded by NIU’s president and police chief assertion of satisfaction with the way things went after the mass murder and how my grandfather helped stop an early 1940’s … Continue reading

How About Putting the Barack Obama Presidential Library at NIU?

What an idea! The Chicago Tribune’s prominent placement of Dennis Byrne’s column on Governor Rod Blagojevich’s plan to memorialize the Northern Illinois massacre by tearing down Cole Hall and spending $40 million to replace it and build an on-campus memorial … Continue reading

How About Putting the Barack Obama Presidential Library at NIU?

What an idea! The Chicago Tribune’s prominent placement of Dennis Byrne’s column on Governor Rod Blagojevich’s plan to memorialize the Northern Illinois massacre by tearing down Cole Hall and spending $40 million to replace it and build an on-campus memorial … Continue reading

Venturing into the Controversy on Guns

Here are my notes from listening to the Northern Illinois University press conference Friday morning: The president of Northern Illinois University is “pleased at the professionalism of the response.” “We did everything we could.” The campus police chief said, “…was … Continue reading

Venturing into the Controversy on Guns

Here are my notes from listening to the Northern Illinois University press conference Friday morning: The president of Northern Illinois University is “pleased at the professionalism of the response.” “We did everything we could.” The campus police chief said, “…was … Continue reading