Wednesday, December 31, 2014

Year-end book review: my 14 fave reads of 2014

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I read over 80 books in 2014. Many of which I thought were good, but not great; a few (I'm looking at you, Donna Tartt) really pissed me...
Friday, December 19, 2014

Politically correct Christmas* carols

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*I mean Holiday Imagine that all the beloved Christmas songs we knew and sang ( most of which were written by Jews ) had to be political...
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Wednesday, December 17, 2014

Why all the news isn't fit to print

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I started my career in magazine publishing, as a researcher/fact checker for a glossy Manhattan-based magazine. Like the narrator in Jay M...
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Friday, December 12, 2014

Hanukkah music spectacular

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Hanukkah (or Chanukah) begins next Tuesday, December 16, at sundown. And as no winter holiday is complete without some festive holiday mus...
Thursday, December 11, 2014

How do you punish a teen?

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So how does one go about punishing a teenager in our modern, enlightened age? Yelling doesn't work. And corporal punishment is out...
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Sunday, December 7, 2014

Talk about a wrong number

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As longtime registered Democrats, the spouse and I were greatly surprised, and amused, to start receiving calls during the last presidential...
Tuesday, December 2, 2014

Art. It does a brain good. (Releasing my inner artist.)

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When (and where) I went to school, Art was a part of the curriculum, considered just as essential as English, Math, Science, History (or Soc...