Staying in Tune
October 7, 2018
Evanston RoundTable, Oct. 4, 2018 Things go better when we’re attuned to the task at hand. A disciplined focus allows us to avoid the mindless
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.”
POTUS for a Day
September 20, 2018
Evanston RoundTable, Sept. 20, 2018 Imagine that the presidency, instead of being a four-year term, rotates among common citizens. Everyone gets to be the chief
The Maltese Question
September 6, 2018
Evanston RoundTable, Sept. 6, 2018 Are we tied implacably to our personalities or are we free to reinvent ourselves? That’s a question scientists, philosophers and
Remembering the ’68 Democratic Convention
August 23, 2018
Evanston RoundTable, Aug. 23, 2018 Next week marks the 50th anniversary of the 1968 Democratic Convention, held in Chicago at the International Amphitheatre. I remember
The Case of the Missing ‘
August 12, 2018
Evanston RoundTable, Aug. 9, 2018 Aug. 16 is International Apostrophe Day (right, who knew?) and to celebrate let us examine a short story, “Displaced,” in
Finding Inspiration in Troubled Times
July 27, 2018
Evanston RoundTable, July 26, 2018 During these difficult and trying times, we find comfort in heroism and inspiration. That’s why the rescue of the 12
The Nature of Relationships
July 12, 2018
Evanston Roundtable, July 12, 2018 Like everything else, relationships change over time. There’s a formula to them that is remarkably consistent. Relationships start out full
The Art of Dying
June 30, 2018
Evanston RoundTable, June 28, 2018 Everything comes easier with practice, from skeet shooting to horseback riding to piano playing. It takes 10,000 hours, experts say,
Eating is Forever
June 14, 2018
Evanston RoundTable, June 14, 2018 Food, why do you love me so? Sadly, you go right to my heart—and my waistline. It’s not because you