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1996
DECEMBER
December 26, 1996
Middle
Muddle
A Roger Rosenblatt essay about the increasing desire to do away with
the man in the middle.
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December 23, 1996
An American City
Richard Rodriguez, editor at the Pacific News Service, offers some thoughts about the transformation of Las Vegas. |
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December 18, 1996
Naturally Good
Essayist Anne Taylor Fleming has some thoughts about California food. |
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December 11, 1996
Melting
Pot
The way to the heart of America, Roger Rosenblatt argues, passes through
its stomach.
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December 9, 1996
Apocalypse
Now
Roger Rosenblatt wonders "Whatever happened to nuclear annihilation?"
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December 5, 1996
Ah, Wilderness
Richard Rodriguez has some thoughts about a generational divide in America. |
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NOVEMBER
November 28, 1996
High
on the Hill
Essayist Jim Fisher visits a church in northwestern Missouri
where the door is always open.
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November 26, 1996
Clearer
Image
Charlayne Hunter-Gault looks at developments on the Digital TV front.
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November 25, 1996
Making Fathers
Anne Taylor Fleming has some thoughts about young fathers. |
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November 22, 1996
The
Heart of the City
Essayist Roger Rosenblatt has some thoughts about the
park he calls the soul of New York City.
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OCTOBER
October 22, 1996
Where
Have All the Manners Gone?
Essayist Roger Rosenblatt considers the importance
of some old-fashioned virtues, like courtesy and manners.
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October 7, 1996
Traveling
Treasures
Jim Fisher of the Kansas City Star talks about the Stauth Memorial
Museum, a unique museum in the tiny town of Montezuma, Kansas.
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SEPTEMBER
September 30, 1996
Hitting
the Long Ball
Roger Rosenblatt considers the merits of taking the big chances.
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September 24, 1996
Out of the Cool
Clarence Page of the Chicago Tribune laments the stripping
of hip.
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September 17, 1996
Gorillas
in Our Midst
Roger Rosenblatt takes a look at one of man's nearest--and
most feared--cousins: the gorilla.
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September 9, 1996
The Morning After
Richard Rodriguez explores the pains--and prospects--of those with AIDS. |
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September 5, 1996
High on a Hill
Richard Rodriguez considers the significance of a new Getty museum to the arts in Los Angeles. |
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September 2, 1996
Birthing
Labor Day
The observance of Labor Day began over 100 years ago. Conceived
by America's labor unions as a testament to their cause, the legislation sanctioning
the holiday was signed by President Grover Cleveland in an election-year compromise.
Read about the turbulent circumstances of Labor Day's birth. |
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AUGUST
August 19, 1996
Hiding in the Open
Roger Rosenblatt examines a great and waning symbol in American culture: the gas station. |
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August 9, 1996
Sisters of Mercy
Richard Rodriguez looks at an order of nuns that has, for generations, prepared young women for life in the world. They did almost too well. |
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August 6, 1996
Families of a Los Angeles Past
Anne Taylor Fleming has some thoughts about some family snapshots that recall fondly Los Angeles' diverse past. |
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JULY
July 29, 1996
Converging Cultures
Richard Rodriguez of the Pacific News Service considers America's changing cultural heritage. |
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July 10, 1996
Crying If He Wants To
Essayist Anne Taylor Fleming considers men who cry in public, and women who don't. |
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July 4, 1996
One Nation After All
On this 4th of July, Roger Rosenblatt takes a look at Americans and independence. |
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July 1, 1996
Winslow
Homer
A retrospective look at the work of Winslow Home at The Metropolitan
Museum of Art prompts Roger Rosenblatt to offer some thoughts on the man, his
art and his country.
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JUNE
June 26, 1996
Northern Exposure
Essayist Richard Rodriguez of the Pacific News Service has some thoughts about the Pacific North-East from a Californian perspective. |
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June 14, 1996
A Bully Father
A Father's Day essay about a bully father by Roger Rosenblatt. |
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June 10, 1996
Semper Fi
Jim Fisher returned to Parris Island for a reunion marking the 40th anniversary of his being inducted into the U.S. Marines corps. As he reports, it stirred up a lot of memories for him and the other ex-Marines that gathered. |
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June 10, 1996
Remote Control
Jim Lehrer talks with Roger Rosenblatt about the 40th anniversary
of the TV remote control.
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MAY
May 30, 1996
Collecting Memory
Clarence Page of the Chicago Tribune talks about the growing number of African Americans collecting Jim Crow and Slave era memorabilia. |
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May 27, 1996
Gulag
Artist
Essayist Roger Rosenblatt considers haunting depictions of life in
a Soviet gulag, the work of Russian artist and former prisoner Nikolai Getman. |
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May 21, 1996
Generation
Gap
Although he calls it "unthinkable," Roger Rosenblatt offers
some praise for the nation's young people.
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May 20, 1996
A Dry Season
Jim Fisher, columnist for the Kansas City Star, offers his thoughts about the drought in the Mid and Southwest. |
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May 13, 1996
Inherit the Wind
More than 40 years after it debuted on Broadway, "Inherit the Wind" still conveys powerful messages for Roger Rosenblatt. |
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May 6, 1996
Fallen
Heroine
Margo Kidder's disappearance and apparent nervous breakdown led
Roger Rosenblatt to ponder the fragile mental equilibrium we all maintain.
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APRIL
April 30, 1996
The
Big Sleep
Essayist Roger Rosenblatt considers the Chattanooga, Tenn., police
officer who went into a coma for seven years after being shot.
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April 19, 1996
Reel
Legacy
Fifteen reels of 8 mm film help essayist Jim Fisher of the "Kansas
City Star" take a look back at the golden age of heartland America.
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April 11, 1996
Fighting
Fires
When Roger Rosenblatt grows up, he wants to be a fireman. A Rosenblatt
essay on those brave people who fight our fires.
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MARCH
March 10, 1996
Crime and Punishment
Essayist Richard Rodriguez, editor of the Pacific News Service, considers the declining crime rate. |
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FEBRUARY
February 21, 1996
Family Secrets
Some thoughts on what makes a family work from essayist Phyllis Theroux. |
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February 19, 1996
Equal Time
Essayist Richard Rodriguez, editor of the Pacific News Service, has some thoughts about why there are so few women serving on Death Row. |
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February 15, 1996
Boomer Milestone
The baby boomers are turning 50, and Anne Taylor Fleming has some birthday greetings. |
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February 12, 1996
Family Values...Not!
Essayist Roger Rosenblatt explores the meaning of the American family and the so-called family values debate. |
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February 9, 1996
Forum: The Vermeer Exhibit
Paul Solman on The mystery and allure of Johannes Vermeer. |
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February 8, 1996
Missing
Mysteries
Essayist Roger Rosenblatt wonders where have all the mysteries
gone.
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JANUARY
January 1, 1996
Reflections
on 1995
Jim Lehrer asks essayist Roger Rosenblatt for his thoughts about
the year 1995. |
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ARTS & CULTURE
