Author: Macon Cowles

Gents, my good wife Regina turned me on to this literate, fabulous commentary in the Atlantic on the college admissions scandal. It is by Caitlin Flanagan. She has a BA and MA in Art History from UVa. She writes it from the point of view of a woman who taught English for 4 years (her best job ever) and then was a college counselor (worst job ever) at the “Harvard-Westlake School” in Los Angeles. This…

Dear ones, I can’t overstate the pleasure that I am getting from the 50th Reunion Book that arrived at my doorstep today. To our publisher, Art Klebanoff, and to all of you who worked hard, designed well, wrote well and shared photographs: Thank you so very much. We are grateful beyond measure for this terrific community of sharing. Macon Cowles, Boulder, Colorado April 1, 2019

I have been meaning to write this for some time. I read with interest the post about the class of 1968, and how their reunion seemed to be backwardly focused, with a major reunion event being a panel with George Bush. All eyes need to be forward looking now, as we have—not just Yale 1969 people—pretty much run our country into the ditch. The passengers have all gotten out of the car, and are yelling…

Using the listserv, Wayne Willis has directed us to this page, which I had not really visited before. Since the listserve reaches only 120 whereas this post will reach 730 of my classmates, I thought I would try posting something that may be of interest to a few of you.

In July of this year, I …