Jumping off the High Board

Category: Blog

November 19, 2008

Jumping off the High Board

My favorite cousin has been visiting me and just took off, which leaves me melancholy.  She’s an amazing woman: she’s a skilled trekker and wilderness guide, she’s a feminist who […]

READ MORE

November 12, 2008

What should Barack read?

On November 1, the Chicago Tribune invited its two heavy-hitter writers, Aleksander Hemon, and Garry Wills, to come up with a list of required reading for the new president: five […]

READ MORE

November 5, 2008

I can't believe I lived to see the day

From eleven o’clock last night until noon today, November 4, I’ve been getting calls from friends and relations around the world, calling back, hearing the joy, feeling the relief.  I […]

READ MORE

November 1, 2008

Studs Terkel, Rest in Action

Studs Terkel died yesterday. Studs was one of the country’s great journalists, in print and on radio, a gifted listener, a commanding raconteur, the ultimate “voice of the voiceless.” He […]

READ MORE

Archives