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Walter Nicklin

Walter Nicklin  is a longtime journalist and publisher who divides his time between the United States and Europe. He can be found on Twitter @RoadTripRedux.

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Better on Paper

What the success of a small local newspaper can tell us about the future of print

by Walter Nicklin | Tuesday, August 20, 2019
The Year That Spring Did Not Come

The Year That Spring Did Not Come

Looking back on the turmoil of 1968

by Walter Nicklin | Tuesday, March 20, 2018
Apocalypse Then and Now

Apocalypse Then and Now

Last in a series of half-century reflections

by Walter Nicklin | Thursday, December 27, 2018
Where Did the Love Go?

Where Did the Love Go?

Half-Century Reflections on 1968

by Walter Nicklin | Wednesday, October 24, 2018
War and Peace in Chicago

War and Peace in Chicago

Looking back at the 1968 Democratic Convention

by Walter Nicklin | Thursday, August 23, 2018
The Half-Century What If?

The Half-Century What If?

How would our lives be different if RFK had not been assassinated?

by Walter Nicklin | Thursday, May 31, 2018
1968 a Half Century Later

1968 a Half Century Later

A Year (Until Now?) Like No Other

by Walter Nicklin | Tuesday, January 23, 2018
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THIS WEEK’S ARCHIVE PICK

2nd Look

The NASA You Never Hear About

by Isabelle Taft

Fifty years ago, when Neil Armstrong became the first person to set foot on the moon, the moment represented years of work and technical accomplishment. But it also left NASA struggling with a daunting new challenge: figuring out what to do next. Over the years, it has answered this question in part by highlighting the dizzying array of inventions it has inspired—some 1,500 a year. “Besides rocket science itself, perhaps the biggest thing people fail to understand about the agency is how its work has reverberated throughout the world in ways we experience directly every day,” writes Isabelle Taft. “It’s a mark of the agency’s enduring influence that even if we never make it there, we’re already living in a society forged by outer space.”