David Kronke was appointed Mayor of Television after a bloodless coup in 2000. Since then, he has improved infrastructure, championed greater educational opportunities and fought for reforms that have utterly erased corruption and incompetence from the television industry. Since Mr. Kronke has ascended to power, Television is a far better place. "The Echo Maker"
Richard Powers, Your Mayor's favorite author and principal speechwriter, won the National Book Award for his latest novel, "The Echo Maker." Like just about all of Powers' books, it's a heady examination of both science and the heart, this time exploring the nature of memory - after a horrific truck accident near the Platte River, where thousands upon thousands of cranes have been conditioned to land semiannually in their migrations, a young man suffers brain damage and no longer believes his sister to be his sister - and, as always, filled with glorious prose.
I'm about half-way through the book, so we'll likely revisit it here after I'm done. In the meantime: Congratulations, Richard. Take the rest of the day off. I'll write my own blog entries today.