I’ve just finished viewing the excellent recent PBS production of Charles Dickens BLEAK HOUSE. Here is a plot filled with more drama, mystery, secrets, deceit, greed, and tragedy then any of the ususal television dramas without stooping to vulgarity and vacuousnes. The engaging characters and convoluted plot will satisfy both hunger for entertainment [...]
Past president viewed immigration in a serious light. Read and see what you think.
Friday, finally, a quiet stroll through Central Park. Spring is just about to break into the open here. Among the barren branches a few trees have tiny yellow green leaves. Patches of crocuses, daffodils and snow drops bravely peak out above autumn’s molding brown leaves. The dogwood blossoms are poised to burst [...]
Wednesday we learned what Soho means. As we walked along Houston street on the lower eastside of Manhattan towards Katz Deli, our son explained to us that Soho is the area south of Houston Street (pronounced house-ton, Texans restrain yourselves.)
At Katz Deli we had the most amazing Pastrami and Reuben sandwiches. We [...]
I’m on vacation but I suppose I should comment on something other than my vacation now and then. Like this story about what a baby conservative is like compared to a baby liberal. What I’m getting from this is: It doesn’t matter what you say (about the results of a study) [...]
First thing on Tuesday we set out to find the theater ticketing office on the southwest corner of 199 Water Street. We stood in line for about half an hour to get discount theater tickets. I took a gamble on a play I knew nothing about other than critics gave it rave reviews. Just [...]
How could I have forgotten to mention our Sunday afternoon visit to the Metropolitan Museum of Art? We started with the Egyptian exhibit. I was transported back in time to 1984 when we toured Cairo, Luxor, Karnak, Thebes and the Valley of the Kings. The Egyptian treasures at the MET are impressive. The [...]
We arrived at Newark Liberty Airport Saturday evening. I had a detailed outline of how we would get from the airport to our children’s apartment WITHOUT spending a fortune on a taxi. We lugged our luggage onto an airport express bus and rode to the city in the fading sunlight through heavy traffic.
We [...]
This small town Alaskan is headed to New York City for spring break. The sunlight is growing here in the far north but it has still been crispy cold (some mornings below zero at my house.) We are looking forward to a little more spring than is apparent here. Maybe even a [...]
The bizarre twisting of the law to exclude and discriminate against the work of religious organizations as they go about trying to do good is dumbfounding. The efforts of a downtrodden minority to secure their rights continues to take a distinctly destructive and ugly turn.
The following is a quote from an editorial [...]