New Fears Resolutions
The list I am compiling for my New Year’s resolutions Is short and sharp and focused and succinct: I vow as I negotiate toward policy solutions, I’ll never be portrayed as one who blinked. My […]
The Place to Take a Humor Break
The list I am compiling for my New Year’s resolutions Is short and sharp and focused and succinct: I vow as I negotiate toward policy solutions, I’ll never be portrayed as one who blinked. My […]
In Italy, they throw old dishes and glasses out their windows. In Latin countries, women wear yellow underwear for good luck and red for success in love. In America, people blow noisemakers and pretend to […]
I don’t do New Year’s Resolutions, mostly because failing is a terrible way to start a new year. If you’re going to make a major life change, it’s usually best to do it gradually. A […]
It is one of the most difficult problems of aesthetic philosophy: What do we mean when we say that a song or poem is sad? I’ve read Aristotle, Kant, Croce–Benedetto, not Jim–all the big names. […]
He was about to slumber, alone in the White House on this winter’s Christmas Eve. Melania and the boys were in Mar-A-Lago. Congress and a quarter of the Federal workforce was shut down. The few […]
Friday, December 28, 2018 Today I am grateful for turtle necks. . . not turkey necks which I seem to have instead. I just realized it’s been five days since I’ve graced you with a […]
Holidays are almost over. Thanksgiving’s leftover turkey is all gone. Christmas presents have been purchased, opened (returned?) and the Christmas tree has dried out and is ready to be discarded. So, one day left, New […]
BROOKLINE, Mass. The population of this near suburb of Boston is disproportionately Jewish now, but it is also the birthplace of John F. Kennedy, the nation’s only Roman Catholic President. “In many ways, this is the […]