Fugitive Dreams.
While we are on the subject of dreams today, I think it’s appropriate if I share a series of nightmares revolving around the same theme: Crime and the threat of punishment. Stock Image A few years back, I had a very vivid dream where I was an accomplice in a sexual assault. I didn’t know who the victim was or the prime suspect with whom I was an associate, but I was pretty damn sure I was guilty of something. I called into a talk radio show much in the Howard Stern vein. The host asked me some hard hitting questions about being a suspected accomplice. I made what I believed to be a light hearted, self effacing joke, but the host made it clear that he did not find it funny. He added that he believed none of his millions of listeners found it funny either. I was weighed down with dread. I found myself seated in a car on a Metro North train. A large man was seated next to me with his face buried in a newspaper. He turned...