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Shifting Gears
Evanston RoundTable, Jan. 11, 2018 Funny the things we remember. I read once, as a kid, about a jet fighter pilot who was testing a new plane. The plane stalled
The Experience of Hunger
Evanston RoundTable, Dec. 28, 2017 Americans have a fixation on eating and weight, and every year countless articles, books, and TV segments are churned out telling us about the latest
My Eulogy
Evanston RoundTable, Dec. 14, 2017 Welcome, everyone, thanks for coming. So glad you all could be here. Wish I could too! (Awkward pause.) It’s OK to laugh, I’m just kidding!
Parable of the Glasses
Evanston RoundTable, Nov. 30, 2017 There were two boys who were schoolmates and best friends. But they were very different. Bobby seemed to have it all: smart, good-looking, and athletic,
Men Behaving Badly
Evanston RoundTable, Nov. 16, 2017 Every day seems to bring more accusations of and discussion about sexual harassment, as women everywhere are emboldened to speak out and men begin to
What Can Be Done
Evanston RoundTable, Nov. 2, 2017 It seems like every other Evanston conversation begins with a complaint and ends with a question. The complaint is about the state of the world,
Alone Together
Evanston RoundTable, Oct. 19, 2017 From Kafka to the Existentialists, alienation and isolation have been central tenets of modern life. As Ralph Waldo Emerson put it, everyone experiences “the same
Life’s Priorities
Evanston RoundTable, Oct. 5, 2017 There is a big upside to the downside of life’s brevity: it focuses our attention on getting things done. Many years ago I volunteered at
Block Museum Presents ‘Blockbuster’ Exhibit on William Blake
Evanston RoundTable, Sept. 21, 2017 Northwestern University’s Block Museum is readying a major exhibit on the English poet and artist William Blake, who died in obscurity in 1827 at the