Commentary
There are a number of us cleaning up after others. Like a messy home that needs tending, we notice the garbage strewn along roads and shorelines.
The lacings of our democracy are knotted and as we bend our nails picking at them, our favorite entertainment seems to be murder mysteries, true...
I am walking down east 10th street in New York city. It is 1959. The snow is already gray from the exhausts of so many cars.
The fall movie season has featured an unusual run of star-studded films built around true-to-life journalists in action. It’s purely coincidental,...
Every so often Hollywood releases a movie that makes you ask: why did they ever make this? Not because of any ineptitude but because of its...
Late June. Friday night. Late night dark, no moon. Window down, you just know they’re out there when you turn your truck by the farm.
I’ve never had turkey for Thanksgiving. Growing up, only my dad really liked turkey and we never would get one for this family and food-centric...
First, you’re nine months pregnant, living in L.A. You’ve doubled in size. Your daily walk has become a slow shuffle. In your new neighborhood, the...
Bicycling and raising children are back in fashion, and even a spectrum of “mindfulness.” So it’s not all sonics, automatons and the blogosphere.
Martha dearest: I know, I know. I left you cold and now I’m back, leaning on your sweet shoulders.
In October 1947, the House Un-American Activities Committee decided the easiest way to grab headlines was to scare the country.
I usually mentally prepare myself for Nov. 9 each year by taking the day off and escaping somewhere. This year when the day came, I was overwhelmed...
