Monthly Archives: November 2012

Eating my way through Chicago

Posted on November 26, 2012 by Jim

I just returned from a visit to my hometown of Chicago. I get back to Chicago about once a year to reconnect with friends and relations and, on this trip, spend Thanksgiving with my kids. My secondary agenda, however, is … Continue reading →

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How I learned to love the bomb

Posted on November 10, 2012 by Jim

I grew up in the nuclear age. My grade school had duck-and-cover air raid drills, and as the Cold War intensified nuclear weapons had a pervasive impact on popular culture with films such as Seven Days in May and the … Continue reading →

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Press freedom and the election

Posted on November 4, 2012 by Jim

If a tree falls in the forest and the news media ignore it, does it make a sound? What constitutes news, and how that drives daily editorial decisions, is the subject of philosophic rumination in schools of journalism and daily … Continue reading →

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