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Driving with George
Evanston RoundTable, Oct. 4, 2024 It wasn’t a dream or a fantasy so much as a thought experiment: What if, sitting alongside me, inexplicably riding shotgun in my beat-up Chevy,
Meals on Wheels faces financial turmoil as executive director departs
Evanston RoundTable, Sept. 20,2024 Evanston-based nonprofit Meals on Wheels Northeastern Illinois is facing a severe financial crisis, and the meal delivery organization’s longtime leader has left under a cloud, multiple
There’s a riot going on!
Evanston RoundTable, August 14, 2024 Author’s note: This recollection of the 1968 Democratic National Convention was written some years after the events depicted took place, so there may be a
The three B’s – Bach, Beethoven and Bobby
Evanston RoundTable, August 14, 2024 With more than two dozen teachers and 327 students ranging in age from 1 to 92, the Northwestern University Music Academy has a huge teaching
The Now of Now: In which we consider the common fire hydrant
Evanston RoundTable, July 30, 2024 Many decades ago I volunteered at an Evanston hospice organization. Volunteers had to undergo a day of training, and one of the exercises during the
Hunger Games: To eat or not to eat, that is the question
Evanston RoundTable, July 11, 2024 Eating is one of the most personal things we do. “You are what you eat” is more than just an empty slogan: What goes in
The two-glass metaphor
Evanston RoundTable, June 26, 2024 In high school I hung out with smart kids, smarter than me by far. As a sophomore I’d lunch with a group of seniors who
My Faust problem
Evanston RoundTable, June 13, 2024 I’m obsessed with knowledge. I want to know everything. Well, not everything, of course; that would be impossible, but the big things: quantum physics and ancient
Viola’s story
Evanston RoundTable, May 30, 2024 Something good often comes from something bad. Sometimes you just have to search for it. Case in point: my recent trip to Austin, Texas, to