Chicago-based author, broadcaster, journalist, and arts critic. Classical music critic for the Chicago Sun-Times. Critic-at-Large, 98.7WFMT Radio Chicago and wfmt.com. Author, "I.F. Stone: A Portrait" (Pantheon, 1988; Anchor pb, 1990). Proprietor, The View from Here weblog, http://viewfromhere.typepad.com/. University of Chicago, University of Wisconsin alumnus.