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…