Kurt Vonnegut | The Nation

Says editor Dan Wakefield, hIs writing “is done with such seemingly simple language and style that it sometimes seems shocking.”

Everyone is fussing about the departure of Walter Cronkite from the CBS Evening News--everyone that is except Cronkite.

The following speech was delivered this spring at Mark Twain's house
in Hartford.

What has been America's most nurturing contribution to the culture of
this planet so far? Many would say Jazz. I, who love jazz, will say this
instead: Alcoholics Anonymous.