The Chicago Public Schools have been closed for about a year now, but they finally got a deal. Wonder of wonders, miracle of miracles: they will finally return to the workplace... part time for now, and only for some early grades. Why the long delay? Because the Chicago Teachers’ Union, like so many people across the country, have spent the past year primarily concerned about being “safe.” “Safe.” Such an interesting word. Its definition has been radically transformed, hasn’t it, in the twelve months since news began to leak out that the Chinese government was welding shut the doors and...