Going the Distance – Long Road Ahead – May 2
“Fragment 2025,” Dee Allen. “Never Before,” Governor JB Pritzker “Pivot Point,” Mary Susan Gast
Going the Distance – Long Road Ahead – May 4
“THEY Came,” Jan Radesky “Elon’s Education,” Mary Susan Gast “A Sign of the Times,” Claire J. Baker “A Genius Idea,” Albert Einstein
Going the Distance – Long Road Ahead – May 9
“To Speak Against Evil,” Shawna L. Swetech Haiku (Canada),” Ilean Baltodano “Freedom Is in the Air,” Kalanyi “A Blessing,” Rev. Dr. Mary Susan Gast
Going the Distance – Long Road Ahead – May 11
“Just in Time for Mother’s Day,” President Donald Trump, Caroline Kitchener, New York Times, Kiera Butler, Mother Jones “‘Less Generals More GIs’” Mary Susan Gast
Going the Distance – Long Road Ahead – May 16
“Let’s Turn the Page,” Alyza Lee Salomon “Only Two Dolls This Year,” Mary Susan Gast
Going the Distance – Long Road Ahead – May 18
“How to Survive an Ignominious Head of State and Other Difficult Things,” Beth Grimm “Threat of Arrest Today,” Mary Susan Gast “On Liberty and Tyranny,” attributed to President Thomas Jefferson
Going the Distance – Long Road Ahead – May 23
“National Librarian Axed,” D.L. Lang “About Pope Leo XIV,” Pope Leo, Ilean Baltodano, Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson
Going the Distance – Long Road Ahead – May 25
“Memorial Day,” Mary Susan Gast from “Aedh Wishes for the Cloths of Heaven,” William Butler Yeats “Blessed Irony,” Carol Gieg
Going the Distance – Long Road Ahead – May 30
“Joy of Sports,” Mary Susan Gast “Pardons Go Partisan,” U.S. Pardon Attorney Ed Martin “Village Spirit,” Claire J. Baker