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!
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.”
Evanston RoundTable, Sept. 12, 2013 Call it “The Curse of Woody Allen.” Seemingly talented filmmakers are inspired to clone Allenesque characters whose neurotic, awkward, sometime
I wrote this letter, part of the department’s annual report, in consultation with the Chief of Police of Evanston, Illinois.
2012 Letter from Chief Richard Eddington
March 21, 2013
To the Citizens of Evanston:
This year’s Annual Report has an improved look and feel. It is designed to be more accessible and attractive. The differences start with the cover. In the recent past we’ve shown photos of various badges; this year we’ve replaced them with our police patch, which symbolizes the unity of the entire department. Within this letter, hot links have been included for the reader’s convenience.
2012 was a year of challenges and accomplishments. In the first category was the continuing gun violence that has plagued urban centers across the country, which in Evanston led to three homicides. Two of them involved young people under the age of 21, compounding the tragedy and sense of loss shared by the whole community.
Evanston RoundTable, August 29, 2013 Several dozen doggies got in the swim of things at the McGaw YMCA on Aug. 24 at the Y’s first
Evanston RoundTable, Aug. 15, 2013 In “Blue Jasmine,” Woody Allen’s latest movie, Cate Blanchett plays Jasmine French, a down-on-her-luck New Yorker forced to move in
Evanston RoundTable, Aug. 1, 2013 It’s ironic and sad that “Fruitvale Station” appeared in movie theaters just days after George Zimmerman was acquitted in the
Evanston RoundTable, July 18, 2013 “There is no foreign land; it is the traveler only that is foreign.” – Robert Louis Stevenson One of the
Evanston RoundTable, July 3, 2013 There’s a defining moment in “Before Midnight” when the central characters – Celine and Jesse – are seated at a
I When people think of trains they think of speed and mass. But trains come alive first with sound. “Alllllllll aboooooooard!” the conductor sings out.
Evanston RoundTable, June 20, 2103 Sometimes joy and happiness emanate from the most unexpected places. Who would think a mature adult would enjoy – love