Less Touch Football: Pop Warner Limits Practice Contact for Youth Football...
Hi Readers, My first sports article delves into Pop Warner’s motives behind limiting practice contact for its youth football players. ‘“We’re proud to be the first football organization at any level to...
View ArticleParental Advisory: Helping Your Kids Cope With Trauma In Real Life (CHICAGO...
Hi Readers, The Dark Knight Rises shooting prompted my latest article, which examines how parents can help their kids cope with trauma. I was fortunate enough to interview Julie Kerkman, whose husband,...
View Article4 months later…. New Article in Chicago Health Magazine
Hi Readers, Wow. I didn’t realize it had been four months since I posted something. Yikes! Just because I haven’t been posting, doesn’t mean I haven’t been writing, though. Here is a new article I...
View ArticleA Perfect Match: LifeSource teams up with Blackhawks for blood/marrow drive
Hi Readers, I had a new article published this week in Chicago Health Magazine. It’s about a great cause: donating blood. LifeSource, Chicagoland’s blood center, teamed up with the Chicago Blackhawks...
View ArticleThe FDA’s Problem with Blood
Hi Readers, It’s been far too long since I posted an article, so here is a link to one that was published this spring. It tackles the FDA’s refusal to accept blood from all gay and bisexual male...
View ArticleI Interview Adam Szymkowicz
Hi Readers, Tonight, my theatre company, Route 66, will present a reading of Adam Szymkowicz’s new play, WHERE YOU CAN’T FOLLOW, at Mrs. Murphy’s and Sons Irish Bistro. Along with being an accomplished...
View ArticleGreat New Review in Chicago Reader!
The Xylophone West is RECOMMENDED by Chicago Reader: “Maybe the national discourse surrounding antigay bullying would be more constructive if we dropped the schoolyard term and called it what it...
View ArticleOn Playwriting: My Interview with Adam Szymkowicz
I’m happy to have been interviewed by fellow playwright Adam Szymkowicz, whose remarkable blog details the work and lives of American Playwrights. Q: Tell me about The Xylophone West. A: Often, the...
View Article“Harvey Milk’s life illuminated in ‘Interviews'” (WINDY CITY TIMES)
Hi Readers, Vince Emery’s new book, “The Harvey Milk Interviews: In His Own Words,” hit stores this month! To check out my interview of Emery plus my take on the book in Windy City Times click here....
View Article“OutServe Onward” New article on important LGBT military group (WINDY CITY...
Hi Readers, I’m really proud of this one. OutServe is an important organization, especially in a post-DADT military. ‘Lt. Jamar Green weathered the “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” policy. Now, in the wake of...
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