Author Archives: ericnentrup

It’s 34˚F outside and a mixture of snow, sleet, and rain is coming down here in the midwest. But it doesn’t matter. Today is [OPENING DAY 2009.](http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/06/opinion/06glanville-opening.html?_r=1&th&em…) Baseball has returne…

Even as the inauguration from two weeks ago begins to fade into history, and the bleak realities of a world in trouble take their place, still present is the hum, the hope of something different. Maira Kalman’s illustrated tour, “And the Pursuit o…

Recently, I passed the 12,000th day I’ve spent alive. Had I the forethought to have planned better, I’d have done something celebratory. And perhaps I will for dinner or something. I’ve been marking every 1,000th day since 10,000. I stumbled [acro…

In the progression of Barack Obama from the Illinois Senate to the United States Senate, and from there to his successful bid to become the President of the United States, one common criticism continues to eek out of the minds mouths and hearts of…

In the progression of Barack Obama from state senator to

From NYTimes.com There is something different about America today. Something substantially different. Subtantially. That’s the word — “of substance.” What we’ve experienced today is personally moving, and the best is yet to come as it’s so obviou…

This week, the clever Malcolm Gladwell is releasing his latest book, Outliers. Gladwell tackles the subject of “success,” looking for commonalities between the extraordinary. It appears to be as engaging as his previous bestsellers, Blink and Tipp…