Slain teacher was doing what we all should be able to do

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I didn’t know Cynthia Trevillion; Chicago’s Inspector General Joe Ferguson did. His full- page guest column Friday eloquently expressed whatmost people I know have been thinking and feeling ever since the beloved teacher died tragically, the innocent victim of gang crossfire.

She was doing what we all should be able to do— walking with her husband John to meet friends for dinner. Ferguson’s column takes to task the mayor, the police superintendent, the City Council and the lack of a comprehensive crime strategy. But Ferguson also challenges all of us: “Speak up. Stop accepting our city’s violence as normal. … Let’s get going. … Cynthia and John Trevillion deserve that. And so does every other victim of violence in our great, but troubled, city.”

A fan of Cubs fans

As a lifelong fan, I will love the Dodgers to the exclusion of all other teams. But I amnow and forever will be a fan of Cubs fans. Despite knowing in their hearts in the early innings their Cubs were defeated a few nights ago I didn’t see a single one leave the ballpark. They remained until the final out ended the game but not their disappointment, broken- hearted, as I would have been.

I didn’t see a single fan head for the exits or a single abandoned seat. They held fast to support their Cubs and in supporting their team honored themselves. I never considered the notion that anyone could be a fan of a fan, but now I am. Cubs fans have set a standard, and frankly I’mdoubtful any others will measure up, winners in defeat.

Unconscionable

It is unconscionable for Chief of Staff John Kelly and President Donald Trump to attack a congresswoman with the guts to stand up to both of them. It is ludicrous in the extreme for Kelly to be horrified that the congresswoman listened in on a call that her constituent wanted her to be a part of and to try to distract the nation from seeing the truth of Trump’s lies regarding the conversation he had with some one who lost a loved one in war.

This president is the same draft- dodging millionaire who denigrated and insulted a Gold Star family during his campaign. Trump and his super patriots love to pose with veterans and use them as props for their gain but have a total lack of respect for them and their loved ones.

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