Monthly Archives: December 2001
The day before the end of the Gregorian year
Written on December 30, 2001 at 2:40 pm, by Mark Schubin, Contributor, Schubin Cafe
Things are done differently in different parts of the world. Here in the U.S., there is discussion of trying John Walker for treason and executing him. In Sweden earlier this […] More
Getting away
Written on December 26, 2001 at 2:39 pm, by Mark Schubin, Contributor, Schubin Cafe
The second time I went downhill skiing was in New York City. I make no claim as to the glories of our slopes, but one could rent boots, skis, and […] More
Funerals are not for the dead
Written on December 21, 2001 at 2:38 pm, by Mark Schubin, Contributor, Schubin Cafe
Perhaps the most intense moment of the 1995 movie “Sense and Sensibility” comes towards the end. Colonel Brandon (played by Alan Rickman), the movie’s kindest character, has just rescued a […] More
Unintended consequences
Written on December 18, 2001 at 2:37 pm, by Mark Schubin, Contributor, Schubin Cafe
Cleveland Browns football team president Carmen Policy made a good case for apathy on Sunday. That’s my take on his statement anyway. After an unpopular decision by officials at a […] More
Dorothy didn't cheer
Written on December 15, 2001 at 2:36 pm, by Mark Schubin, Contributor, Schubin Cafe
Back when it was still in East Germany, we found ourselves in the Leipzig railway terminal (at the time Europe’s largest) at an end-of-workday rush hour. As New Yorkers, we […] More
The most important person on earth
Written on December 11, 2001 at 2:35 pm, by Mark Schubin, Contributor, Schubin Cafe
There has been an ongoing story in the local news. It has nothing to do with September 11, anthrax, non-citizen rights, Islam, the Middle East, firefighters, Afghanistan, or our mayor. […] More
Vexillology
Written on December 7, 2001 at 2:34 pm, by Mark Schubin, Contributor, Schubin Cafe
Today, on the 60th anniversary of the bombing of Pearl Harbor, American survivors of that attack literally embraced some of the Japanese pilots who tried to kill them. Adjectives of […] More
The search for intelligent life in the universe
Written on December 6, 2001 at 2:33 pm, by Mark Schubin, Contributor, Schubin Cafe
“The Search for Intelligent Life in the Universe” is a theatrical wonder. Not only is it a great play (written by Jane Wagner), but it allows Lily Tomlin — alone […] More
Fickle fate
Written on December 4, 2001 at 2:32 pm, by Mark Schubin, Contributor, Schubin Cafe
According to next week’s New Yorker cover (by Maira Kalman and Rick Meyerowitz), the place where I rode my bike today is Central Parkistan. It’s south of Notsobad, northwest of […] More
I have hope
Written on December 1, 2001 at 2:31 pm, by Mark Schubin, Contributor, Schubin Cafe
A colleague of mine often says, “I make television; I don’t watch it.” I’m not so absolute. I don’t get to watch MUCH television, but I do watch some. I […] More