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Month: March 2018

Ken Kurson Op-Ed About ‘The Price Is Right’ for the Los Angeles Times

March 28, 2018 Ken Kurson 3 Comments

I have no recollection of how this piece came to be. Did I know anyone at the LA Times editorial…

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Posted in: Writing Filed under: Bob Barker, Ken Kurson, The Price Is Right

New York Times Story on Mutual Funds Ignoring Young Investors

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Allen Myerson and his wife Carol lived in Montclair in the apartments near the A&P on Valley Road, right down…

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Posted in: New York Times, Writing Filed under: Abby Ellin, Allen Myerson, New York Times

Larry Doby Obituary in the Montclair Times

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My dad was a proud Clevelander, born and raised. He loved the cultural opportunities and the gritty toughness. (Lots of…

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Posted in: Writing Filed under: Bill Veeck, Cleveland, Larry Doby, Montclair TImes

An Obituary for Material Issue Singer Jim Ellison in New City

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Material Issue founder and frontman Jim Ellison died in June 1996. After Jim died, I wrote a long obituary for NewCity,…

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Posted in: Writing Filed under: Jim Ellison, Material Issue, NewCity, Obituaries

Buying a Sports Team (Or at Least a Piece) for ESPN Magazine

March 27, 2018 Ken Kurson Leave a comment

I don’t care that much about sports. And it’s tough to write about sports because the people who do care…

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Posted in: Writing Filed under: David Granger, ESPN Magazine

Kurson Attacks U of Chicago Prof for Bush-Bin Laden Equivalency

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Before Twitter, there were warring op-eds. I don’t remember with perfect recall all the details here, but the salient point…

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Posted in: Writing Filed under: Bruce Lincoln, Chicago Sun-Times, Ken Kurson

Reviewing James Surowiecki Book ‘Wisdom of Crowds’ for Book Forum

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I believe this is the only piece I ever wrote for Book Forum, and it’s a longy. Eric Banks was…

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Posted in: Writing Filed under: Book Forum, Eric Banks, James Surowiecki

A Question for Inventor and Marketer Ron Popeil in the New York Times Magazine

March 25, 2018 Ken Kurson Leave a comment

Like everyone, I grew up watching Ron Popeil sell his crazy inventions on television. He sold two million Chop-O-Matic hand…

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Posted in: New York Times Filed under: New York Times Magazine, Ron Popeil

Profiling Superlawyer David Boies in the New York Times Magazine

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David Boies has been involved in many of the most important legal cases over the last 30+ years. He represented…

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Posted in: New York Times, Writing Filed under: David Boies, Ken Kurson, New York Times Magazine, Ted Olson

Kurson Reviews Kuper on Kafka in The New York Times

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This was the first piece I ever published in The New York Times—a review of Peter Kuper’s comic about Franz…

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Posted in: New York Times, Writing Filed under: Franz Kafka, Ken Kurson, New York Times, Peter Kuper

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