Two-Track America
June 23, 2021
Evanston RoundTable, June 23, 2021 Notes from the Lake Shore Limited, which leaves 3:30 in the afternoon three days a week from Penn Station in
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!
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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.”
Towards a Better Nation
June 9, 2021
Evanston RoundTable, June 9, 2021 In his inaugural address, President John F. Kennedy famously told Americans, “Ask not what your country can do for you.
Henry Kisor: A Life of Achievements
May 26, 2021
Evanston RoundTable, May 26, 2021 Longtime Evanston resident and renowned journalist and author Henry Kisor knows a thing or two about challenges. At 3½ he
The Two Stevies in a Season of Growth and Hope
May 12, 2021
Evanston RoundTable, May 12, 2021 The other day I shared on my Facebook page the wonderfully infectious video of Mark Ronson’s “Uptown Funk” synchronized to
Lessons from the Earth Day Challenge
April 30, 2021
Evanston RoundTable, April 28, 2021 On the occasion of the very first Earth Day, in 1970, I decided the best way to show my support
Take My Earth Day Challenge
April 14, 2021
Evanston RoundTable, April 14, 2021 Imagine a day dedicated to being nice. They could call it, “Don’t Be a Jerk Day.” One day a year
Writing Memoir: The Gift to Yourself
March 31, 2021
Telling our story becomes almost a moral obligation, an imperative to save that life and to retrieve and preserve those memories from oblivion. Evanston RoundTable,
Extra Perspective
March 18, 2021
Evanston RoundTable, March 18, 2021 I emailed this recently to my dear friend Fran: 1. Somehow my Apple ID got screwed up. 2. Many Apple
For COVID-19 Heroes, Pandemic Takes a Big Toll
March 5, 2021
We can’t thank these front-line hospital workers enough. All we can do is bear witness to their heroism, courage, and skills. Evanston RoundTable, March 4,