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Irwin Weil on the Russian classics, Putin and Shostakovich
Evanston RoundTable, Jan. 12, 2022 Reading ‘The Brothers Karamazov’ in college changed his life Irwin Weil is still going strong at 93, and when asked by admirers how he has
State of the States
Evanston RoundTable, Dec. 29, 2021 Think you know your U.S. geography? Current on your cities? Confident of your counties? Up to speed on your states? Well, maybe. In the spirit
My so-called journalism career
Evanston RoundTable, Dec. 10, 2021 I am thrilled and privileged to write and edit for the RoundTable. My odyssey with the newspaper began some 15 years ago when I approached
What we know about Evanston
Evanston RoundTable, Dec. 23, 2021 I had to admit, I chuckled when I read this hometown dig by the Wall Street Journal’s Jason Gay in a recent column: “What do
Last year’s essential workers are still essential
Evanston RoundTable, Dec. 22, 2021 In what already seems like a lifetime ago but was actually spring of 2020, signs started popping up on Evanston lawns like May dandelions encouraging
A.I. ate my homework
Evanston RoundTable, Dec. 1, 2021 The bots are coming. And not just over the horizon, people, but right now, right here, in your computer and smart phone. And they’re coming
Time to downsize the American empire: An interview with Northwestern historian Daniel Immerwahr
Evanston RoundTable, Nov. 29, 2021 In the latest installment of its occasional opinion series, “Snap Out of It, America!” the New York Times on November 7 featured a provocative article
‘Inspiring’ music professor Victor Yampolsky begins last season teaching and conducting at NU
Evanston RoundTable, Oct. 22, 2021 After more than four decades of conducting, Victor Yampolsky will soon be hanging up his baton. The distinguished maestro, the Carol F. and Arthur L.
To Make Something Beautiful
Sustaining one beautiful note is enough reason to play. One beautiful, outrageous, extraordinary, death-defying note, which like the butterfly’s flight can change the world. Evanston RoundTable, Oct. 13, 2021 Recently