Latest work
-
Insider
Read more: InsiderJohn Gunther had intended “Death be Not Proud” as a private memoir for friends, but was persuaded to publish it for mass audiences. When we went for ice cream the subject was death. Not the death of ice cream — unthinkable — but the death of my father’s friends, to…
-
Ship of fools
Read more: Ship of foolsCharts and graphs and allegations of terrorism, until they fade. Can a culture talk too much? Can its interconnected citizens crave yack so much that even first impressions born of third-hand information need immediate airing out? Can it come to see agitated outbursts as immune to liability, accountability and responsibility,…
-
Reaching out
Read more: Reaching outTalk to me about reaching out. The last time I reached out was to touch someone. This meant moving my arms at the same time so they eventually formed an affectionately encircling O around the person before me. The person squeezed as a result was pleased. She’d not only been…
-
Timeline
Read more: TimelineHouse Speaker and former vice presidential candidate Paul Ryan has refused to back Donald Trump. Fifteen years ago, following the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, the United States redressed an inconceivable wound by initiating the so-called War on Terror. That war, in all its forms, stirred up and rage, fear, xenophobia,…
-
Christopher Stonewall
Read more: Christopher StonewallThese days, boyish indulgences can run into a wall. Iwas not a politically correct child. At age 11 I started wearing a Confederate cap, a little gray thing with the emblem of the Confederacy on the front. I wore it on walks. I wore it to the movies. I wore…
-
Product come balled
Read more: Product come balledOne day, in my half-blind glory, I decided to act. Iam half-blind but I also have pigeons. And seagulls. Not as pets but as regular visitors to my balcony and terrace and their many overhanging gutters and eaves. To pigeons and gulls, eaves are luxury hotels with lounges and bars…
christopherwinner.com 