Back in the days when I had both disposable income and frequent travel, I was determined to squeeze in a Broadway show on every New York business trip of more than 48 hours. At one time the most prominent ticket broker in the theatre district just happened to be named Leblang’s Tickets, and an old … Read more
I’ll apologize up front to those of you who actually care that I’ve been even less than 100 percent than usual lately. My stomach issues have become more frequent and painful and it seems things that used to be ok are becoming more problematic. Last night, a piece of broiled salmon coupled with a sip … Read more
Like quite a number of people who follow this stuff, I was practically incredulous when we learned what the Democrats’ most recent investment into somehow cracking the bro code produced for them. POLITICO’s Elena Schneider was among those who broke said details yesterday: It “reaffirms what young men already think, that Democrats don’t want to … Read more
When the news broke last week that Elon Musk’s days in Washington were over I almost felt bad for the dude. Emphasis on the word ALMOST. I mean, it’s hard to have sympathy for someone who celebrated the termination of thousands of careers with a chain saw and a salute of questionable (at best) significance … Read more
There’s scant few shows of any kind that have had the kind of relative stability than has been seen with NBC NIGHTLY NEWS. When the show was retitiled and shifted to a single anchor after the retirement of the Chet half of the HUNTLEY-BRINKLEY REPORT (that would have been Huntley for those not of a … Read more
My dad come home one night when I first started high school in an atypically upbeat mood. Apparently he had had a private moment with his union shop steward who he would occasionally tag along with to bust bars for illegally serving minors alcohol and his colleague told him that they had been in meetings … Read more
Let me state right upfront that I am truly, deeply sorry for the diagnosis and suffering that former President Biden and his family have been dealing with. No one–and I mean NO ONE–deserves such a fate, and I say that with empathy having known folks who have battled a milder form of the prostate cancer … Read more
Let’s be clear: To me, Jon Voight seems like a decent hang. He’s had a remarkably lengthy and influential career as an actor, one that dates back to 1969 when he was among the first cast members of an X-rated movie to be nominated for Academy Awards. No, he didn’t get nekked or engage in … Read more
I’ve made a career out of studying and knowing as much as possible about folks from generations other than mine, and I wouldn’t be alive without the connections to folks significantly younger than me. Plus, much like my dad was, I’m blessed with a somewhat youthful-looking face that now that’s it’s unencumbered by greying hair … Read more
Contrary to the knee-jerk reactions of an unfortunately growing constituency of what I would have liked to think were friends of mine who immediately paint me as some sort of right-wing lunatic gone mad, I really don’t like the current leader of what at least for now is the free world. For perhaps the 100th … Read more