Back in the 1980’s, when I was a young reporter at the New York Daily News, an excited fisherman called the city desk one day…
Best TV series and books of 2016, according to me….
I love end of the year lists and I have a lot of opinions and I have a blog so here is my ‘Best of..”…
Goodbye bodega…hello ‘caffe, ristorante’
There once was a bodega on my Brooklyn corner but then it closed more than a year ago and the windows were papered over. Someone…
Is paying too much attention to bad news harmful to your peace of mind?
I know, I know. You’re sick of hearing the word ‘wellness’ or maybe it’s the phrase ‘wellness lifestyle’ that makes you grind your teeth. But…
So what’s Bali like?
I’ve been asked that question a lot since I returned from a two-week vacation in Bali so let me try and put my thoughts in…
The FBI missed Omar Mateen but, then again, this is the agency that investigated Lee Harvey Oswald….
People across the country have expressed shock and/or outrage that Omar Mateen was able to murder 49 patrons of a gay nightclub even though the…
We are all “soft targets” so what are we to do?
As security experts have gotten smarter and better at protecting government, corporate and military facilities from being attacked, Islamic radicals and others have turned their…
If you’re looking for a horror movie this summer, might I suggest “Weiner?”
This new documentary about the former Congressman from New York is downright frightening in its intensity for Anthony Weiner and his-wife-who-deserves-so-much-better Huma Abedin, Hillary Clinton’s…
Donald Trump would be my 4th….
Just to be clear, I’m not voting for Donald Trump BUT, if he were to become president, he would be the 4th president I’ve met…
On the inside of a song…
A couple of years ago, I bought a guitar. Aside from the very few lessons I took as a teenager, I never played but I’ve…