I arrived in NEW YORK around four in the afternoon last Wednesday, and as it turns out, just in the nick of time. During the middle of the night, a storm hit the area that would dump two feet of snow, turning the city into a winter wonderland and closing airports. When I got up Thursday morning big wet flakes were raining down. Undaunted, I made my way, leopard print umbrella in hand, down to Read More…
GOOD BAYH WASHINGTON….Evan Bayh, the bi-partisan senator from Indiana, announced this week that he would not seek re-election citing his disillusionment with Washington. Join the club. The Tea Party ranks are growing every day, I’ve been working on my “Modern Voter Manifesto” around the clock, and the temperate David Brooks said recently that for the first time, he could imagine a third party in America. I watched some of the coverage of the Conservative Political Read More…
An Education is a little sleeper of a movie that is up for three Academy Awards including best picture. This movie may not have gotten a nomination for best picture from the Academy if there had only been five nominees this year instead of ten; I however, have it solidly in my top five. This coming-of-age story is set in 1960′s London and stars Carey Mulligan (nominated for best actress) as Jenny. Jenny is every Read More…
First Lady Michelle Obama introduces her healthy kids initiative today. Her campaign to fight childhood obesity, if successful, could drive down health-care costs in this country by billions of dollars a year. Nearly one third of children in America are overweight or obese. In the Latino and African American communities this number jumps to almost half. As these children grow up, they stand an increased chance of developing diabetes, heart disease, and joint problems, plus Read More…
My cup runneth over! What a busy couple of weeks for musing. Last week we had the President’s State of the Union Speech which, I’ve dubbed the “purple speech”, Apple introduced the iPad, and this week, Academy Award nominees were named. THE OSCARS: The good news is that one of my favorite movies of the year, The Hurt Locker, got nine nominations! I was worried about this movie because it came out so early in Read More…
Last Wednesday’s State of the Union Address told us more about the state of the presidency than it did about the state of our union. We know all too well the state of our union: 1. high unemployment 2. skyrocketing deficits 3. terrorist threats 4. two wars—not pretty. I fell asleep watching Mr. Obama’s speech—twice. It’s not that I was particularly tired, instead, I found the president to be tiresome. He is always elegant and Read More…
AVATAR: I wasn’t planning on seeing it. I’m not a big fan of James Cameron, si-fi, or animation. After it made a zillion dollars I was still happy to stay home. But then it won the Golden Globe for Best Picture and Best Director! Reluctantly, and with low expectations, I paid my thirteen dollars and sat in the second row to take in the spectacle that is Avatar. Did I like it? Yes and no. Read More…
My daughter (age 15 years and 11 months) got her driver’s permit last week. She could have gotten it five months ago when she turned fifteen and a half, but she put it off. Putting off getting her permit means she puts off getting her driver’s license for five months. If she puts off getting her driver’s license can you imagine what it’s like getting her to do her homework or clean her room? I Read More…
The Golden Globe Awards–The Good, The Bad, and the Ugly All-in-all, I found the GG’s to be UU–unusually unglamorous. The rain didn’t help anyone’s hair or make-up and with a few exceptions, I thought the dresses were a mixture of over-ruffled or space-aged mistakes. Starting with the umbrellas, moving on to Julia Roberts rendering the red-carpet host speechless with her NBC being in the toilet comment, to missed queues, and ending with Ricky Gervais and Read More…
In my January 1, 2010 musing, I mentioned that I respectfully disagreed with David Brooks’ recent column: Op-Ed Columnist – The God That Fails – NYTimes.com. In this column Mr. Brooks writes, “People should be grateful for whatever assistance that government can provide and had better do what they can to be responsible for their own fates.” I wanted to clap when I read this statement. I wanted to send it to my kids and Read More…
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