I was on U.S. Sen. Everett Dirksen’s Washington, D.C., staff in 1969. The honorable senator from Illinois, a Republican, was the minority leader of the Senate. As the receptionist, I […]
Peter Anderson would admonish me for writing about him instead of focusing this column on the start of the 2025 –’26 school year. But I will accept Pe…
August 13, 2025