This is the grave of Lloyd Waner. Born in 1906 in Harrah, Oklahoma, Waner grew up on a farm. It was hard work and the kids--Lloyd and Paul--didn't really have.
This is the grave of Oscar Handlin. Born in 1915 in Brooklyn, Handlin grew up in a Jewish immigrant household. Both parents had come from Russia, but I think they.
This is the grave of Joseph Berliner. Born in 1921 in New York, Berliner grew up in Rockaway Beach, Queens. He was a very smart kid and got into Harvard,.
I get very angry when people use the term "Luddite" to describe anything that questions the technological futurism of our society, a futurism across the political spectrum. One big problem--the.
This is the grave of Karen Silkwood. Born in 1946 in Longview, Texas, Silkwood grew up in the conservative Protestant world of postwar east Texas. She was a good student.
We've talked about this occasionally here over the years, but it's worth noting again, since the New York Times has a big thing about it, that the obscenely large and.
You read a lot, you learn a lot. From the New York Review of Books, on a discussion of Umberto Grassi's new book, What God Kept for Himself: Atheism, Sodomy,.
This is the grave of Peggy Clark. Born in 1915 in Baltimore, Margaret Clark grew up well off. Her father was a prominent anatomy professor. The family moved to Philadelphia.
