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Sue Ontiveros biography
Sue Ontiveros has probably one of the wackiest double jobs around. She writes a column on the Saturday editorial pages and is the editor of …
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Cranberries are much more than a side dish this Thanksgiving
I f you were to compare the days of my Dad’s life to an hourglass, you’d see the sand racing to the bottom, with those around him having little chance of stopping it. Dad was diagnosed with end-stage prostate cancer in late May; it now …Read More
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We can’t take abortion rights for granted
As one male GOP candidate after another has stepped up to play “Father Knows Best” when it comes to abortion — particularly when it involves a rape victim — I keep asking myself how has it come to this: that women’s reproductive rights are in …Read More
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‘GIRL POWER’ A RECENT VICTORY
One day a younger male colleague asked if there were things I hadn’t been able to do because I was female. Before I could answer, a female co-worker his age jumped into the conversation. “What a stupid question,” she snapped, before adding that there wasn’t …Read More
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Todd Akin, GOP women and the ‘Dirty Dancing’ factor
SUE ONTIVEROS: Todd Akin may have others obsessing over election chances and party politics. Me? I’m thinking about”Dirty Dancing” and Republican women. Hang around, you’ll see where I’m going with this.
Chicago or the suburbs? Depends on your attitude
A letter writer on our editorial page last week started out by admitting she could never survive in the city, and she gave 10 reasons why. I was OK with her not being a city type. I could never make it in the suburbs, having …Read More
Why bikini onesie is not a joke
It should be just another goofy gift for baby. But it’s not, and that’s what’s got me mad — and for a variety of reasons. I’m talking about the latest “fun” onesie. Anyone who has a child or has been to a baby shower knows …Read More
Sending NBC a loud message
I’m thisclose to breaking up with NBC. I was going to keep my mouth shut about it, but then I ran into that woman on the elevator last week. Thicker than she probably was at a younger age, yet her body language told me she …Read More
Let moms just enjoy their special day
On this Mother’s Day, I want to visit with my sweet little mother, something I am lucky to still be able to do. Spending time with my boy is on the list, too. So is relaxing, maybe finishing what I’m reading for book club. I …Read More
Reunions beat Facebook hands down
Awhile back, a co-worker wrote a column about skipping his high school reunion. With Facebook and other social media you can find out what your classmates are up to, he reasoned, so the need for an in-person get-together wasn’t there. I was shocked. Yet it …Read More
TV shows give Englewood one-sided rap
TV writers have latched onto Englewood, and not in a good way. First time I noticed was on “Boss,” which is centered around fictional Chicago mayor Tom Kane (Kelsey Grammer). In an early scene, a young man, Darius, brings his ailing uncle to a clinic …
So much for the myth Latinos are a drain on local economy
It would be so easy to just crow in this column. Because a report released Wednesday by the University of Notre Dame’s Institute for Latino Studies substantiates with solid numbers what I have said all along: Latinos just want a better quality of life for …
New twists for Taste fine for this fest fan
It was the Italian ice quest last summer that made me realize Taste of Chicago was in trouble. A friend and I had just watched Loretta Lynn perform. Maybe we were perspiring in sympathy for the country queen, who was dressed in a long-sleeved sequined …Read More
Bono is just being himself, so let him be
Jeez, can’t we just let the guy cha-cha? That’s my reaction as the controversy swirls over the selection of Chaz Bono as one of the 12 contestants on “Dancing With the Stars,” which begins Monday night on ABC. For the uninformed, Bono is the only …Read More
‘Dirty Dancing’ remake will let young girls down
SUE ONTIVEROS: Oh no, not again. That was my reaction when I heard recently that the movie “Dirty Dancing” is going to be back in circulation again. Jeez, can this film and its incarnations just be put on a shelf and forgotten?
Spanish works fine, but learning English leads to real power
SUE ONTIVEROS: Latinos are our nation’s fastest-growing minority. But we must be well-educated and know English or it won’t matter much that there are more of us.
Selling shoes, Dad taught me to see work as a calling
All I learned about having a career, I got from my Dad. Sure, I knew women who worked, but the impression the young me got from them was that women had jobs not so much because they wanted them, but because they had to have …
A Southeast Side leader’s legacy
SUE ONTIVEROS: Neil Bosanko is the longtime executive director of the South Chicago Chamber of Commerce, but really he is much more than that. This is a guy who has had a lifelong love affair with his Southeast Side community.
Jane Curtin shows us how far we’ve come
It’s too bad they didn’t want to listen to Jane Curtin. What she was saying was pretty interesting. The actress and comedian was on “The Oprah Winfrey Show” on Tuesday along with several other past “Saturday Night Live” regulars — Chevy Chase, Dana Carvey, Tracy …
Invest in people, you’ll always get money’s worth
Actually, I had an entirely different column written on this subject until an editor asked me what it was about. So I told him I spent a couple days this week with a group of primarily Latino parents as well as educators and community leaders …
