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
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.”
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
What Charlie Taught Me
November 12, 2020
Listening to Charlie’s stories and reading his columns over the years, I’ve learned a great deal: about the importance of honesty, the values of decency
My Gap Year: Planes, Trains and Automobiles Through Europe
October 28, 2020
Take advantage of opportunities when you have them. And when you don’t, find them. Evanston RoundTable, Oct. 28,2020 It’s a pleasant afternoon in late May
In Harm’s Way
October 17, 2020
Going out the door every day entails some degree of risk, but we do so knowing that to live otherwise, crippled by caution, would be
Rough Times
September 30, 2020
Giving way to free-falling despair only leads to the abyss. And we’re not there yet. Evanston RoundTable, Sept. 30, 2020 Add the firestorm over the
Imagine the Joy on V-C Day
September 16, 2020
Declare victory, announce a day of celebration, a declaration of gratitude for the heroic efforts of our front-line workers and an acknowledgement of the scientific
The Summer of Peaches
September 3, 2020
Evanston RoundTable, Sept. 2, 2020 Amidst the spate of continuing bad news (COVID spiking! Russia hacking! Arctic melting!) and the continuing absence of any civility
The Great Reset
August 19, 2020
Are we in for a renaissance of art and commerce, a Great Reset in the 2020s? Maybe. Let’s hope so. Evanston RoundTable, Aug. 19, 2020