I’m sure you can find dozens of reviews of Steven Spielberg’s “Lincoln,” an accomplished, brilliant film written by Tony Kushner. This post won’t be one of them. I will agree with this bit of Jackie K. Cooper’s review of the film: Steven Spielberg’s Lincoln is one of the best acted, best written, best directed movies [...]

Just in a wistful mood…I heard this classic on the radio this morning and it just made me feel so good, taking me back to the days of listening to my late Aunt Judi‘s 45s in the basement in Queens. This live version of The Spinners‘ “Could It Be I’m Falling in Love” is from [...]

The good news this week is that I found out my vocal cords and joints near my larynx are not affected by my rheumatoid arthritis. That was my major concern last week – about a month ago my voice started deteriorating for no apparent reason, and the muscles around my neck were inflamed. The trip to [...]

This laffer is precious – school “two easy” for kids? Apparently the GOP plan to destroy education is on target, based on the skillz at local station WNDU-Indiana.

Obviously, the NatGeo channel doesn’t mind tossing money at a poll to promote its new UFO series, though I find the results kind of interesting, considering a third of Americans believe UFOs. Of course an unidentified flying object doesn’t necessarily mean an alien spacecraft, but still. What’s pretty ludicrous is that there are people out [...]

Or, how to accept your body image as best you can, and take a crack at the conventional wisdom about bloggers at the same time – with a bit of humor and panache. Yeah, it’s one of those off-kilter weekend posts that seem completely off the political charts at first, but if you’re a woman [...]