Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Contents -- Author's Note -- Reflections on the Beatles in America -- Confronting Racism -- Mary Francis Berry -- Roger Wilkins -- Charles Rangel -- John Lewis -- Jesse Jackson -- Sterling Johnson -- Arthur Ashe -- Harry Belafonte -- Al Sharpton -- Personal Profiles -- Ramsey Lewis -- Richard B. Morris -- Frank Macchiarola -- Robert Hayes -- Dr. Robert Peter Gale -- Tempest Storm -- More on Politics -- John F. Kennedy: An Appreciation -- Jack Newfield and George Bush -- More Important Than Boxing: 2006 -- More Important Than Boxing: 2008 -- Curiosities -- The Crank-Call Caper -- My Dating History -- Pity the Poor Restaurateur -- V & T Pizza -- The Tiffany Box -- Read My Book -- The Standard Book Contract -- Thomas F. Croake: A Law Clerk's Remembrance -- When Irish Eyes Are Smiling -- The Collected Political Letters of Martin Bear -- The Case of the Missing Historical Treasure -- Personal Notes -- Reunions -- Eulogies -- A God to Hope For -- The End of the Year -- The Origins of Santa Claus -- Christmas Carols -- Auld Lang Syne.