Is it just politicians or are we all guilty of not answering a question directly? I find it unbearable to listen to our leaders and leader wannabees as they duck, deflect, and bat away substantive questions that would tell us where… Read More ›
Month: August 2012
In Person
Why do we thrill at the sight of celebrities? Why do we feel a bit discomfited afterwards? Or is it just me? Last weekend I saw two star-studded Broadway performances: “The Best Man” at the Schoenfeld Theater and “Nice Work… Read More ›
They say that all good things must end…..someday
Ernest Hemingway famously admitted that he had rewritten the ending to his book, A Farewell to Arms “39 times before I was satisfied.” His grandson, Sean Hemingway just edited a new edition of the book so that it now contains all… Read More ›
Ozymandian Melancholy
I didn’t think To Rome with Love was one of Woody’s best, but I kept ruminating about the syndrome–Ozymandian melancholy– “suffered” by the Alec Baldwin and Ellen Page characters. “Ozymandias” is a sonnet by Percy Bysshe Shelley that my father read to… Read More ›
Now we are Sixty 