We blew it
September 14, 2022
Evanston RoundTable, Sept. 13, 2022 Baby Boomers were handed America on a silver platter. By the end of the Sixties it was gone. Appalled by
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.”
Converging lines, converging lives
August 31, 2022
Evanston RoundTable, Aug. 31, 2022 The highlight of my recent four-day trip to New York – a trip crammed with visits to the U.S. Open, a
Mellow evening for Elvis Costello at Out of Space
August 7, 2022
Evanston RoundTable, Aug. 6, 2022 Headliner Elvis Costello, the venerable British rocker, played an inspired selection of classics and new material at last night’s Out
Beethoven splains it all for you
August 3, 2022
Evanston RoundTable, Aug. 3, 2022 In one movement of less than 10 minutes the master offers a lifetime of sonorous beauty and worthwhile lessons. Bach
The gift of great teachers
July 24, 2022
Evanston RoundTable, July 20, 2022 Be a great teacher yourself. Be a mentor. After spending a glorious gap year walking around London, traveling around England
Could it happen here?
July 24, 2022
Evanston RoundTable, July 6, 2022 Of course. All the more reason to redouble our efforts. When my son Dan was a freshman at Evanston Township
Goodbye
June 23, 2022
Evanston RoundTable, June 22, 2022 “The world has gone mad today, and good’s bad today, and black’s white today, and day’s night today.” – Cole
Sweet spring
June 8, 2022
Evanston RoundTable, June 7, 2022 Like all good things, it’s here and then gone. Enjoy it while you can. But now it’s back, as if winter
Second chance
May 25, 2022
Evanston RoundTable, May 24, 2022 Others have their heaven. This is mine. There is a phrase I recently heard that describes a plant about to