A politically astute friend of mine recently confided to me that she is actively tuning out her usual fixation with newspapers, TV and social media, and she pointed out a couple of recent events as to why. She is a proud “Nooyahrican” by her own definition and also has family roots with the Cuban community … Read more
I can’t even begin to imagine what it must be like to be in Linda Yaccarino’s shoes these days. Not that I could afford them, nor likely fit into them. And I certainly couldn’t balance on a stiletto heel, nor rock them in any manner close to how she can. But for someone who was … Read more
You probably know I’m a champion of research, particularly when it’s conducted by professionals without agendas and with the forethought of mitigating as many extraneous variables as possible to make the findings more representative. I first became exposed to the workings of Rich Thau during the outset of the pandemic, when he regularly conducted detailed … Read more
For someone who has spent a lifetime working diligently on what has been among the most engaging and impactful words ever written or spoken by anyone in modern times, I have a low threshold of expectation that those words necessarily have to be true in order to be acted upon. Call it hype, spin, hyperbole … Read more
I don’t know who I’m voting for in the 2024 Presidential election. It’s still more than a year off, and a lot can change in a year. From my perspective, I pray daily and nightly that it does. But my prayers are far more personal than who winds up winning. As is my rationale for … Read more
I’ve never been able to get into wrestling, much as I love all sports. And no, I’m not talking about the likes of WWE, which as we know is scripted performance art that emphasizes the E, “entertainment” way more than the second “W”. I’m talking about rassling, as the quiet, socially awkward dude who was … Read more
It’s another fall before a Presidential election, and once again we have an outsider with some radical views declaring his intention to run for the office of President of the United States. This time, thankfully, no “golden escalator” was in sight. All I saw in the background of yesterday’s annoucement from Robert F. Kennedy Jr. … Read more
Like so many American Jews, the images that played through my news and social media feeds yesterday were both sobering and disturbing. On the 50th anniversary of the outbreak of the Yom Kippur war–on a Shabbat, on the Jewish holiday of Simchat Torah–we saw the news of Hamas’ attack on Israel. As of this writing, … Read more
It was somehow both fitting and sobering that on the anniversaries of both the day and the day of the week that Johnny Carson took over THE TONIGHT SHOW 61 years ago and forever changed the viewing habits and the way a majority of people learn about the news that the STRIKE FORCE FIVE all … Read more
When you’re in the middle of a pandemic and going through tremendous life changes at the same time you’re more vulnerable to making mistakes with who you might connect with as a lifeline. I made the mistake of connecting with someone who it turned out had a lot of points of view even more disturbing … Read more