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Chicago Sun-Times
Chicago Sun-Times
National
David Roeder

A reporter steps back while still rooting for those who carry on

Staff of the Chicago Sun-Times gather for a group photo in 2004 with the paper’s former building at 401 N. Wabash Ave. in the background. The building would soon be torn down for the Trump International Hotel & Tower. (Sun-Times file photo)

Just as with other life lessons, it took me too long to grasp this one: I’m one lucky guy.

But it’s undeniable. The seeming serendipity of birth dropped me into a free land that can be great enough to rectify its problems. I had two loving, supportive parents who never went to college but encouraged an education. Let’s face it, being a white male helped, too.

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