When I get to the Lincoln Memorial, and it has been 10 years this summer, I always find this space. It’s a pretty important spot, moment in time, and challenge. Continue reading

Tracy Kidder was one of the best practitioners of what’s called narrative journalism, making words and people and meaning come alive. I fell into “The Soul of a New Machine” as a teenager in the ’80s, partly because I liked the cover and partly because some of took place on the Route 128 corridor near… Continue reading

I dimly remember the 1973-74 oil crisis, which led to long lines at the gas pumps and kept us from driving as much. I remember bored in the back seat, wishing for the line to go much longer than it would. I remember vividly the 1979 oil crisis, the rationing and the long lines at… Continue reading