I won a splendid palomino pony, with a flaxen tail and spindrift mane, soft brown eyes and an elegant stride. It’s the best pony ever! And it shall be mine… as soon as the lady who thinks she won it in the holiday White Elephant gift exchange hands it over …
This week, I watched, amazed, as one Gabriel Sterling, an elections official in Georgia, delivered an update that went beyond the mundane details of the recount. (Thank you, Georgia Public Broadcasting.) It was full of “cold, hard fury” (as one Twitter commenter described it). If you haven’t seen it, here …
Today — the 11th day of the 11th month — is honored as Armistice Day or Veterans Day or Remembrance Day. It was established to mark the end of the First World War, at the 11th hour of this day. It has evolved as a day to work towards peace, …
The last six months have produced all manner of reporting about what is problematic about the president. But beyond the White House, the Republican party and its adherents have displayed behaviors that are downright McCarthyite. I am distressed because I once thought American justice, American voting and American governmental norms …
The October surprise in California was the news that Republican “operatives” were setting out their own ballot drop boxes. On one hand, California does allow a person to collect and deposit ballots on behalf of others. But on the other… In the current climate of voter suppression and intimidation, do …
Have you seen the photographs and news footage of people standing in long lines — ridiculously, prohibitively, intimidatingly long lines — waiting to vote? I did, and found myself furious all over again. It is beyond absurd. At this point, there’s little we can do to remove state-imposed barriers to …
New Yorkers have a reputation as notorious multi-taskers. They think nothing of noshing a bagel while juggling their carefully folded New York Times, striking a quick deal on their cell phones when the D train dashes across the Manhattan Bridge, one arm wrapped around a pole in the swaying car …
I recently found myself re-reading a New York Times op-ed letter written by Captain Chesney “Sully” Sullenberger. Published in January of this year, he took aim at the cruelty of Tribe Trump by talking about his own experience as a child with a severe stutter. Captain Sully called out Lara …
This little post is for all fans of Broadway and those who like to puncture the pompous. It features Randy Rainbow and [gasp!] Old Northportian (and multiple Tony, Grammy and Olivier award-winner) Patti LuPone. Enjoy… (Caution: Contains mild swearing and fabulous costumes. May provoke laughing out loud. Put your martini …
