Status Updates From An Execution in the Family:...

"I can almost taste the day when I'll be able to say with confidence that there can be no more Rosenberg cases in the United States because there will be no more executions."

My nostalgic connection with this book strengthens as Robert and Elli deepen their connection with western Massachusetts, establishing their home in Springfield. I lived in Greenfield and Springfield and experienced significant progressive life events there so reading about life there is heartwarming.

"One evening I told Elli over a cup of tea how surprised I was that I didn't have any intellectual energy left after a day of child care. She sprayed tea all over the kitchen table. After she stopped laughing she congratulated me on finally figuring out what women all over the world know."

I am going back to Ann Arbor in the late 1960s as the author revisits his life there as a student activist.

"During the McCarthy period Reader's Digest published the FBI's list of ten ways to spot a Communist."