The Passing of Todd Gitlin and Lessons Political and Spiritual
In gratitude for his writing and his spirit
[Todd at Bucknell, October 18, 2018]
I loved Todd Gitlin, who died February 5th after a brief illness, just a month after his 79th birthday, from the moment I met him, in the form of his books. I first encountered his writing when I was, like him, a man of the left, and my absorption into his perspective was effortless and nearly total. As a young radi…