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Down to Work

Evanston RoundTable, Feb. 9, 2017 There is a time, Ecclesiastes tells us, for all things. Three thousand years later, Pete Seeger and Judy Collins made it official. There is a

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How to Argue

Evanston RoundTable, Jan. 26, 1979 Everyone has an opinion on things, even the people who tell you they don’t. It’s not that they really don’t. More often than not they

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Nibsy’s Triumph

Evanston RoundTable, Jan. 12, 2017 Address to students at Daniel Webster Elementary School, New Rochelle, N.Y.: Good morning, boys and girls. My name is Lester Jacobson. But back when I

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Reverse Arrow

Evanston RoundTable, Dec. 29, 2016 In case you haven’t noticed, time is trending right now. It’s the subject of a fascinating article in a recent New Yorker (“Present Tense”) and

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The Elusive Now

Evanston RoundTable, Dec. 15, 2016   Time is infinite, but divisible by three: past, present, and future. For many, the past is full of regrets, bittersweet memories, and fanciful what-ifs.

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Only Explore

Evanston RoundTable, Dec. 1, 2016 It’s getting harder and harder to stay focused on staying focused. In the messy place that masquerades as our mind, the average attention span is

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Bikes Vs. Cars: No Contest

Evanston RoundTable, Nov. 17, 2016 The death two months ago of a Northwestern freshman on her bicycle underscores the seriousness of the recent heated debate in Evanston about how far

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