My Long-lost Pipes
March 5, 2021
Storied Stuff, Facebook, March 5, 2021 Lately I’ve taken up pipe smoking again. It’s a comforting habit, sitting at one’s keyboard gripping a pipe stem
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.”
The Age of Hybrid
February 17, 2021
Evanston RoundTable, Feb. 17, 2021 Change happens slowly, then all at once, Hemingway wrote in “The Sun Also Rises.” Take the National Health Service in
Writing Your Life Story
February 3, 2021
Evanston RoundTable, Feb. 3, 2021 Many years ago a colleague of mine mentioned that his mother had an interesting saying: you should always have more
Happiness
January 20, 2021
Sometimes life obligingly puts obstacles in our way. And sometime we have to create them in order to live up to our fullest potential. Evanston
Lucky
January 6, 2021
Luck has given me a passport to enjoy life, which I have been lucky enough to use to the fullest. Evanston RoundTable, Jan. 6, 2021
The Essence of You
December 23, 2020
We chip away daily to reveal and release the masterpiece within us. Evanston RoundTable, Dec. 23, 2020 Every person is unique, like a snowflake, a
My Love Affair With the Press
December 9, 2020
Is there anything more important to a democracy than a vigorous, free, and fair press? Jefferson didn’t think so. Evanston RoundTable, Dec. 9, 2020 What
Reverse Entropy
November 27, 2020
All activities in modern society are destined for greater inconvenience, complexity and cost. Evanston RoundTable, Nov. 27, 2020 Infirmity is so revealing. The human condition
Trump’s Appeal
November 25, 2020
Nov. 25, 2020 Right after the election a good friend of mine, with whom I connect on Zoom every few weeks, asked the question many