February 11, 2013
Sanity. Is it black and white? As Supreme Court Justice Potter Stewart once said of pornography, will you know it when you see it? Or is […]
November 26, 2012
Every now and then a movie comes along that captures the zeitgeist with wit and intelligence. Skyfall, the latest James Bond flick, has done that in spades. […]
October 14, 2012
Why would a Queens girl root for the Bronx Bombers? It’s a question I’ve been asked many times, and it’s usually accompanied by a look of […]
September 11, 2012
In honor of 9/11, I am posting links to two related blog entries that I wrote last year. On this somber anniversary, with its sunny skies and […]
August 17, 2012
Most books are appreciated purely because of their content, but in the case of Caitlin Moran’s How to Be a Woman, not only did I enjoy […]
June 24, 2012
Have you ever had a feeling about a destination before you’ve even arrived there? I’m talking about the utter certainty that you are going to love […]
May 12, 2012
I know I’ve been a bad blogger lately, but I have a good excuse—several, actually. After suffering for 3 1/2 years with the aftermath of a […]
March 21, 2012
While spring may turn a young man”s fancy to thoughts of love, my thoughts turn to spring cleaning. Maybe it”s the urge to break free of […]
March 3, 2012
This week, I found out that one of my high school classmates passed away. Any time a contemporary dies, it’s jarring, but given that David was […]
December 13, 2011
In the middle of the holiday shopping season, as we stress ourselves to the limit and run around like hamsters trying to accomplish approximately one million […]