The Four E’s
March 12, 2017
Evanston RoundTable, March 9, 2017 Schools do a good job teaching the basics – history and civics and science and the famous Three R’s: reading,
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.”
Ode to Spring Unexpected
March 1, 2017
Evanston RoundTable, Feb. 23, 2017
O to feel the sun beam down
And bestow on us its warming rays
When usually we wear a frown
That school is closed for more snow days.
Spring in February, such a gift,
It’s like Christmas in July.
Too bad a few are deeply miffed:
Global warning this implies.
Nonetheless, it’s fine to watch
Folks strolling in their shorts and Ts.
Let’s hoist a beer or maybe scotch
‘Cause it’s 70 when it should be 3!
Knowing History
March 1, 2017
Evanston RoundTable, Feb. 23, 2017 How odd it is to be born in the middle of time. We learn from cosmology that the universe is
Making Music, Staying Active at 90
February 9, 2017
Evanston RoundTable, Feb. 9, 2017 “I have no words of wisdom, except to stay active and positive,” Gloria Boyell said about recently reaching her 90th
Down to Work
February 9, 2017
Evanston RoundTable, Feb. 9, 2017 There is a time, Ecclesiastes tells us, for all things. Three thousand years later, Pete Seeger and Judy Collins made
How to Argue
January 28, 2017
Evanston RoundTable, Jan. 26, 1979 Everyone has an opinion on things, even the people who tell you they don’t. It’s not that they really don’t.
Nibsy’s Triumph
January 13, 2017
Evanston RoundTable, Jan. 12, 2017 Address to students at Daniel Webster Elementary School, New Rochelle, N.Y.: Good morning, boys and girls. My name is Lester
Reverse Arrow
December 29, 2016
Evanston RoundTable, Dec. 29, 2016 In case you haven’t noticed, time is trending right now. It’s the subject of a fascinating article in a recent
The Elusive Now
December 20, 2016
Evanston RoundTable, Dec. 15, 2016 Time is infinite, but divisible by three: past, present, and future. For many, the past is full of regrets,