On Politics
Dear Ben – I can hardly imagine an election without your dad. I met him at Rice in 1987 when I was 18 and he was 19, so I’ve never voted for a president without talking or emailing with your …
Category: Greg
Greg Kahn as a junior-high student in Ames, Iowa
Teacher calls on Greg to answer a question… Greg: (Stands) Thank you for calling on me, Ms. [], to answer this very important question that demonstrates my having completed last night’s homework. (Class begins to laugh) Before I begin my …
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Seminal Story of Greg Kahn
Benjamin, of the many stories that shape our memories of your wonderful father, none seems to better define his unflinching impulse to make the world a brighter, warmer place than the story he told me of his birth. You see, …
Friend from Rice University
Ben, You have your father’s smile. His smile is a smile you never forget. It fills the room. Makes you happy, makes you forget your worries. I firmly believe the departed are always with us, and your dad is with …
Why are sports important?
Some of my favorite conversations with Greg were about sports. Greg loved talking about sports, loved great writing about sports, and if he clearly hadn’t been prescient about the fall of print journalism would have likely stuck it out at …