August 29, 2009
Scheduling Conflicts
I have a problem: I’m supposed to start my tour for Hardball on September 22, but that’s also the season premiere for NCIS. I confess that I’m a fan. Some […]
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Slow Reading
There’s a beautiful, thought-provoking commentary on reading in the August 23 NY Times, a tribute to the late Richard Poirier, whose work I confess I didn’t know–but am now eager […]
READ MOREAugust 18, 2009
In the Unlikely Event
Of one’s own death, what happens to all your emails, websites, blogs, bank accounts and bills with online only access? Searching for another topic, I came on a nifty article […]
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FYI
The New York Times Magazine has an essay of mine this morning in the “Lives” section. It’s about my husband’s and my experience with the French health system, with a […]
READ MOREAugust 14, 2009
Barack, Gates, and America’s Most Segregated City
A reporter asked me recently how I feel, as a Jew, when I tour in Germany. I said I feel like a ghost–in every major city there’s a Jewish museum […]
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Book v Kindle
My cousin Barb, in Ukraine with the Peace Corps, took a Kindle with her, and a mighty fine idea that was, too: remote from any English-language bookstores or libraries, she […]
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Urban Life
Strangers to Chicago, and even us hard-bitten natives, are wary of muggers in the parks and after dark. I recently learned that all last winter, as my dog and I […]
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