GREAT BEGINNINGS, 1785
“The broad-backed hippopotamus
Rests on his belly in the mud;
Although he seems so firm to us
He is merely flesh and blood.”
(the beginning of the poem “The Hippopotamus” by T.S. Eliot, 1888-1965)
CHICAGO SHOOTING GALLERY
As of July 10, the number of homicides for Chicago in 2021 was 397. In 2020 it was 390, and in 2017 and 2016 (two of the highest years in the past decade) it was …