Second chance
May 25, 2022
Evanston RoundTable, May 24, 2022 Others have their heaven. This is mine. There is a phrase I recently heard that describes a plant about to
It is a vanity project and a writing closet, a treasure chest for news, views and reviews.
More prosaically, it provides a store house for my writing. Some of it is quirky – poems, sayings and asides. There are movie and book reviews, profiles and other articles from my past and present sojourn as a journalist. Plus my new book — The Dream Machine: A Novel of Future Past!
Novel
The Dream Machine: A Novel of Future Past
A thrilling, highly imaginative and tautly written journey back in time to find “the tool to unrule” a post-American fascism.
“Brilliant,” says National Book Award winner and MacArthur Genius Fellow Charles Johnson of “The Dream Machine: A Novel of Future Past.”
“A great tale, brilliantly told,” says violist and international recording artist Roger Chase. “There are surprises on every page, and the end, which comes only too soon, is a coda of marvelous drama, invention and imagination.”
The unsung legacy of Steve Winwood
May 12, 2022
Evanston RoundTable, May 12, 2022 Over the last 250 years there have been many musical geniuses, from Bach to McCartney. But none could do all
Spring has unsprung
May 4, 2022
Evanston RoundTable, May 3, 2022 I remember spring. It was several Saturdays ago, blue sky, light breeze, in the 70s. I took myself to the
America the beautiful
April 21, 2022
Evanston RoundTable, April 20, 2022 I have been feeling grateful lately (see this recent column), especially about our home town, Evanston, and our nation. We
Earth Day all the time
April 7, 2022
As you drive, walk and bike through our fair city, be on the lookout for litter. Evanston RoundTable, April 6, 2022 Friday, April 22, is
Weil on Ukraine war: Russian friends are ‘upset and angry’
April 1, 2022
Evanston RoundTable, March 30, 2022 Irwin Weil remains in close touch with his friends in Russia, and what he hears is gloomy. “Of course they
Gratitude large and small
March 25, 2022
Surgery can do that to you. It humbles and leaves you with more compassion for pain and suffering and the willingness – happiness even – to
When we wuz grand
March 12, 2022
Evanston RoundTable, March 9, 2022 I find myself of late drawn to 1940 movies that portray American life as busy, well-ordered and prosperous, films like
Remembering Mr. Arnelle
February 24, 2022
He taught us about the content of a person’s character. Perhaps that is the most profound lesson a kid can learn. Evanston RoundTable, Feb. 23,