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The Miracles Among Us
Evanston RoundTable, Sept. 21, 2017 In a world brought low by hateful politics, toxic weather, and a seemingly endless supply of misery and divisiveness, it is well to remember the
Anticipating Regret
Evanston RoundTable, Sept. 7, 2017 I’m the sort of fellow who, enjoying a bowl of ice cream, begins to regret the last few licks; who sees the beautiful fall season
Change It Up
Evanston RoundTable, Aug. 24, 2017 Are you feeling dull, depressed, muddled? Looking for ways to brighten and improve your life? To stay mentally sharp, change things up! Change can be
Perfectly Good Advice
Evanston RoundTable, August 10, 2017 Some sayings are about as useful as the breath used to say them. (Including this one.) Not all, of course. Whether you call them sayings,
Jim Craig Keeps the Hogeye Tradition Going Strong
July 27, 2017, Evanston RoundTable It may not be clear what a hogeye is. Some say it’s a flat-bottomed riverboat, others the harpoon man on a whaling vessel. One thing
Interview Your Parents to Preserve Their Stories
July 27, 2017, Evanston RoundTable There is a big story out there that most people don’t know—a story that is exciting, mysterious, deeply important, and profoundly life-altering. That story is
Reporter’s Memoir Captures Dangerous, Illustrious Career
Evanston RoundTable, July 13, 2017 A great journalist has to be insatiably curious, passionately dedicated, and a terrific writer. Jeffrey Gettleman has all these talents in abundance, which is why
Ecclesiastes Got It Wrong
Evanston RoundTable, July 13, 2017 The Victorian writer George Saintsbury said Ecclesiastes was “the saddest and wisest book ever written.” Novelist Thomas Wolfe called it “the most powerful expression of
In Search of Lost Things
Evanston RoundTable, June 29, 2017 With apologies to Marcel Proust, this is not about madeleines or childhood memories. It is about losing things, things that inexplicably vanish when just a