I wrote this originally in 2006. With some editing and some updating I am presenting it again. You walk into any thrift store in Americ...

Are there such things as coincidences? Yes. They happen to me on occasion. But I have never known what they mean, if anything. Chilean nov...

Look out below! “The Unblinking Stare” by Steve Coll in the New Yorker for November 24, 2014, is a chilling reminder that there are p...

Bill Cosby, one of the most popular American actor-comedians of the latter half of the 20th century, is experiencing a definite fail when it...

There is an old saying: I can read writin’, but I can’t write readin’. That would be true if we did not let precedents be our guides. Readin...

This tale of an employee resignation came to me via e-mail. I have no way of knowing whether it is true or not, but it is funny. If true, th...

A picture from World War II. The man on the right in this photo is my late father, Leon, with a fellow platoon member. It was taken in 1944....

Carrie Mathison, the main character in the Showtime series Homeland , is a seriously troubled person. She has bipolar disorder, had an affai...

Sally asked, “What are you going to do with those boxes full of video tapes?” Beginning last spring Sally and I set out to de-junk, reorga...

The Living Dead Festival was held this weekend in Evans City, Pennsylvania. The Festival is an annual event in recognition of Night Of the...

They Laughed When I Sat Down by Frank Rowsome, Jr came out in 1959 and was a best seller. The book is a look back at advertising in America...