Charting Van Wallach's adventures and obsessions, from small-town Texas to Princeton, Russia, Latin America and beyond. Open mic videos are included at no extra charge for your viewing enjoyment.
Wednesday, January 22, 1997
Tales of a Laid-Off Tiger
Together, a father and son weather the anxieties of unemployment. From the Princeton Alumni Weekly, this essay appeared after I was laid off by Video Store Magazine in July 1995. http://www.princeton.edu/~paw/archive_old/PAW96-97/08-0122/0122endpg.html
Wednesday, September 11, 1996
Smoking Out the Tobacco Industry
Richard Kluger, Princeton Class of 1952, won the Pulitzer Prize for his book Ashes to Ashes: America's Hundred-Year Cigarette War, the Public Health, and the Unabashed Triumph of Philip Morris. I profiled him for the Princeton Alumni Weekly. http://www.princeton.edu/~paw/archive_old/PAW96-97/01-0911/0911feat2.html
Wednesday, February 07, 1996
The Right Stuff: A Specialized Dating Service Helps Ivy Leaguers Connect
One of my favorite clips from the Princeton Alumni Weekly, a story that was fun to write, and a bit prophetic, too. http://www.princeton.edu/~paw/archive_old/PAW95-96/09_9596/0207feat2.html
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