90 Miles from Pawnee, Indiana (Just Not Sure Which Direction*) OK, so I was only invited to one of the weddings. But, when you’re in formal attire, you can temporarily mill around, ala “Wedding Crashers,” at any other wedding. So, walking from my hotel to the Lowenstein-Rudy wedding at Indianapolis’ Chase Tower Sunday (top photo), I stumbled across...Read More
The last time I visited Indianapolis — on a business trip more than 25 years ago — I experienced an earthquake. At the time, though, it seemed like something had exploded in the basement of the Airport Hilton, where I was staying. Only the next day did news accounts make clear that there in fact had been...Read More
Successor to Thomas Wolfe’s “Master of the Universe” Once upon a time, human beings were lowly Neanderthals. Gradually, Neanderthals evolved into Cro-Magnons, and from there into Homo Sapiens. What is mankind’s next (d)evolutionary step? According to muckraking journalist (and amateur anthropologist) Matt Taibbi, it is “Archipelago Man,” as personified by none other than Mitt Romney. Archipelago Man in...Read More
The Country in the City When you can buy a dozen eggs at Cub for $1.49, — or two dozen at Sam’s Club for $1.99 — it’s hard to see an economic motive for keeping your own egg-laying hens (garden-variety goldfish seem to pose a challenge for the Kaplan household). I suppose that leaves purity...Read More
And Exactly What Quality is That? Letting the days go by, water flowing underground Into the blue again, after the money’s gone Once in a lifetime, water flowing underground Same as it ever was, same as it ever was, same as it ever was, same as it ever was Same as it ever was, same...Read More
2012 Presidential Campaign “President Obama’s campaign has $88 million in the bank. Mitt Romney’s campaign has $30 million in the bank. The Obama campaign plus the Democratic National Committee has $123.7 million in the bank. The Romney campaign plus the Republican National Committee has $185.9 million in the bank. And that advantage is increasing month...Read More
