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Author Archives: John Unger Zussman
Everyone is Guilty of Something
Everyone is Guilty of Something By John Unger Zussman Stories are transformative. They have the power to change our minds and open our hearts, to help us experience the world through other eyes and walk a mile in other … Continue reading
Cash
Cash By John Unger Zussman My grandfather loved horses and gambling more than he loved my grandmother, so he spent a lot of time at the racetrack. From time to time a small envelope would appear in our mail addressed … Continue reading
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The Pope is Coming! The Pope is Coming!
The Pope is Coming! The Pope is Coming! By Mark S. Unger This is CNN, and I’m a talking head on what used to be the nation’s top 24-hour news channel. As you know from watching TV news, reading the … Continue reading
The Apple / IBM Difference: A Tribute to Steve Jobs
I never knew Steve Jobs, but I almost worked for him twice. I interviewed for a technical writer position at Apple in 1980, and for the director of documentation role at NeXT in 1993. In truth, I was both sorry … Continue reading
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Tagged A+ Magazine, Apple, Apple II, IBM, Macintosh, Steve Jobs
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Pas de Deux on the High Wire
For Chelsea and Maz, whose wedding last weekend prompted me to dust this off. And for Patti. Pas de Deux on the High Wire by John Unger Zussman One Saturday, in our twenties, We put up the tightrope. Eyed it … Continue reading
Is There a Gene for That?
Is There a Gene for That? By John Unger Zussman In the eight years since the human genome was sequenced, the search has been on for genes that underlie various diseases and disorders. We seem to be obsessed with genetic … Continue reading
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Tagged Epigenetics, Genes, Human genome, Nature vs. nurture, Phenylketonuria, PKU, Walter Bortz
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Rites of Passage
I’ve been asked to explain a bit about the personal essays I often contribute to this blog. I wrote most of them for the popular “Readers Write” feature in my favorite literary magazine, The Sun. Each month they propose a … Continue reading
Good News About Breast Cancer? Not So Fast …
I’ve written about cancer previously in these pages. In Against Medical Advice, I recounted what I learned when someone I loved (I called her Bonnie) was diagnosed with breast cancer. In Poisoned, I traced Bonnie’s and my efforts, once her … Continue reading
Henry Ford, Socialist
Henry Ford, Socialist By John Unger Zussman Detroit was a great town for labor when I grew up there in the ‘50s and ‘60s. While I never worked on the assembly lines—my uncle’s steel warehouse had first dibs on my … Continue reading
The As It Ought to Be Archive 