Latest work
-
Go away, John Birch
Read more: Go away, John BirchFrank “Hondo” Howard was Washington’s premiere slugger. Eight presidencies ago I threw out the first ball at a doubleheader between the Washington Senators and the Detroit Tigers. My father had won a contest while shopping for a washing machine and handed the prize to me, his second in command. “You’ll…
-
Sounds of silence
Read more: Sounds of silenceFinally, the return of the gecko. Ispent the last 12 months of August on the American East Coast where I’d occasionally wax poetic about missing Rome’s slow late summer, which traditionally culminates on August 15, the Ferragosto holiday. Though urban America slows down a little, its inbuilt hypertensive character keeps…
-
True craving
Read more: True cravingRiches and wealth have a way of keeping adolescence alive for a lifetime. If you’ve ever known an extravagantly powerful self-made man — and I have — you soon learn that what most rankles such a man is criticism. He thrives on controlling all situations. He craves eliciting and sustaining…
-
Call it August
Read more: Call it AugustRome’s summer sun is a tyrant. Ijust returned to Rome where it’s hotter than July, probably because it’s August. Heat should have boulevards to its name but doesn’t because it hasn’t won any wars (unlike the cold, which defeated Napoleon and Hitler). At its summer peak, Rome delivers malarial heat…
-
20/100
Read more: 20/100Eye drop bottles don’t look much like themselves. Eyes are the windows to the soul until the latches age and rust. At which point nothing opens. My eyes turned subversive about a year ago, as if seeking a break from so much picture taking — since eyes are little but…
-
The last day
Read more: The last dayFrench police labeled the suspect in the Nice truck attack as an “oddball” who was not considered dangerous. Acentury ago, an Italian fascist named Benito Mussolini consolidated his grip on power by creating a militia largely comprised of semi-illiterate thugs on the fringes of society. Some were petty thieves, others…
christopherwinner.com 