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I waited a couple of months before letting myself open up Walter Isaacson's acclaimed new biography, Steve Jobs. Given Isaacson's known gift for... Read more →
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It's a strange and delightful fact that the Occupy movement which began last month on Wall Street was not born on Twitter or Facebook or a blog.... Read more →
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I often hear people complain about "dirty hippies". Well, cleanliness is a virtue. But I've never understood why anybody would hate hippies. Is it... Read more →
When Wall Street Occupied Me
Watching protesters occupy Wall Street for the past several days, I've been thinking back to the two years in the early 1990s when I worked at the... Read more →
Ken Kesey Moves in “Magic Trip” Movie
Magic Trip, a new film by Alex Gibney and Alison Ellwood, tells the story of novelist Ken Kesey's 1964 road trip across America in a painted bus with... Read more →
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