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On the Other Side of Transparency Street

A brilliant classmate at Northwestern University on his way to medical school used to break into “On the Sunny Side of the Street” every once in a while. I don’t remember exactly why, but it’s a wonderful memory.

And I’m not sure why that comes to mind now, but there’s probably a cognitive relation among the ideas I’m pondering about transparency and understanding. The hackneyed metaphor of sunlight as a disinfectant and my time at the SEC are probably related.

Ever since deciding to study journalism at NU nearly three decades ago, a big idea in my life has been Continue reading ‘On the Other Side of Transparency Street’

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