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Tom McNichol

Tom McNichol is a San Francisco writer. He always uses his phone legally.

In a divided land, Bruce Springsteen and the runaway American dream

In a divided land, Bruce Springsteen and the runaway American dream

“In the day we sweat it out in the streets of a runaway American dream.”— “Born to Run,” Bruce Springsteen, 1975.There’s trouble in the heartland these days over promises broken…
March 28, 2017
Annotation Tuesday! Ron Rosenbaum and "The Secrets of the Little Blue Box"

Annotation Tuesday! Ron Rosenbaum and “The Secrets of the Little Blue Box”

Some writers work for decades before one of their pieces gets widespread attention. Ron Rosenbaum managed to pull it off with his second long-form magazine article.Rosenbaum’s 1971 Esquire piece, “Secrets…
February 14, 2017