by Splabman | Dec 23, 2016 | Uncategorized
2016 is a good year to bury things. How many years get their own self-deprecating meme? And the notables who died this year is impressive, if you’re impressed by death: Muhammad Ali, David Bowie, Prince, Fidel Castro, Harper Lee, John Glenn, Leon Russell,...
by Splabman | Jun 10, 2016 | Uncategorized
I think it was the second fight between Joe Frazier and Muhammad Ali where, at Dever School on the Northwest Side of Chicago, one of my black schoolmates, bussed in from a black neighborhood, asked me who I was favoring in the fight. My answer was Ali. My friend Sam...