Evanston RoundTable, April 20, 2022 I have been feeling grateful lately (see this recent column), especially about our home town, Evanston, and our nation. We — Read More
Evanston RoundTable, March 30, 2022 Irwin Weil remains in close touch with his friends in Russia, and what he hears is gloomy. “Of course they — Read More
Surgery can do that to you. It humbles and leaves you with more compassion for pain and suffering and the willingness – happiness even – to — Read More
Evanston RoundTable, March 9, 2022 I find myself of late drawn to 1940 movies that portray American life as busy, well-ordered and prosperous, films like — Read More
He taught us about the content of a person’s character. Perhaps that is the most profound lesson a kid can learn. Evanston RoundTable, Feb. 23, — Read More
Evanston RoundTable, Feb. 10, 2022 I was intrigued by Nancy E. Anderson’s recent column in which she describes her fixation with Instagram’s “Cheap Old Houses” — Read More
Evanston RoundTable, Jan. 12, 2022 Reading ‘The Brothers Karamazov’ in college changed his life Irwin Weil is still going strong at 93, and when asked — Read More