James Horn:  

not a social media aficionado, but now that our class can at least see the bottom of that hill, i'll give it a go... basics: atheist, pie-in-the-sky socialist, luddite, birder, mediocre pickleballer. family: four siblings, all smart and kind to others. like Mark Twain's father, it was amazing how much they learned in the intervening years between adolescence and adulthood. no children but a baker's dozen of street urchins indulged as grandkids. health: discombobulated but still vertical. hair in absentia. athletes i had the privilege to play with: Gary Loudenslager, Gerry Mikol [in memoriam], Bruce Boundy, Jeff Paolella, John Garland [Johnny - if you could have hit a fastball on the outside corner i might have rated you higher]. education: Noam Chomsky, Richard Dawkins, Barbara Forrest, Chalmers Johnson, Susan Faludi, Charles Darwin, Ursula K. Le Guin, Christopher Hitchens, Naomi Klein, Robert Ingersoll, Susan Jacoby, John Pilger, Ida B. Wells. marital status: coddled mea culpas: Ron Karpowicz, you might have made it to salutatorian if i hadn't 'borrowed' your math homework so often. Charlie Hess, when you were harassed by an underclassman i knew [bullied in today's vernacular] i did manage to 'dissuade' him but should have stood by you on your front lawn. and finally, Jim Hanks, a gentle s...Expand for more