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Trash City
Evanston RoundTable, July 7, 2021 Hey Evanston, I hate to break it to you, but you’re a slob. I know, you love it here, Evanston is heavenston, blah blah blah.
Two-Track America
Evanston RoundTable, June 23, 2021 Notes from the Lake Shore Limited, which leaves 3:30 in the afternoon three days a week from Penn Station in New York and arrives at
Towards a Better Nation
Evanston RoundTable, June 9, 2021 In his inaugural address, President John F. Kennedy famously told Americans, “Ask not what your country can do for you. Ask what you can do
Henry Kisor: A Life of Achievements
Evanston RoundTable, May 26, 2021 Longtime Evanston resident and renowned journalist and author Henry Kisor knows a thing or two about challenges. At 3½ he lost his hearing after an
The Two Stevies in a Season of Growth and Hope
Evanston RoundTable, May 12, 2021 The other day I shared on my Facebook page the wonderfully infectious video of Mark Ronson’s “Uptown Funk” synchronized to amazing clips from the Golden
Lessons from the Earth Day Challenge
Evanston RoundTable, April 28, 2021 On the occasion of the very first Earth Day, in 1970, I decided the best way to show my support was to make a bold
Take My Earth Day Challenge
Evanston RoundTable, April 14, 2021 Imagine a day dedicated to being nice. They could call it, “Don’t Be a Jerk Day.” One day a year everyone has to be jerk-free,
Writing Memoir: The Gift to Yourself
Telling our story becomes almost a moral obligation, an imperative to save that life and to retrieve and preserve those memories from oblivion. Evanston RoundTable, March 30, 2021 Last week
Extra Perspective
Evanston RoundTable, March 18, 2021 I emailed this recently to my dear friend Fran: 1. Somehow my Apple ID got screwed up. 2. Many Apple phone calls and technicians later,