Category Archives: Culture

My Fantasy Job

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I like flying and do it a lot.  I also think flight attendants have a difficult job and their resume should read “being nice to stupid people.”   I wouldn’t want to be a flight attendant but one of my fantasy jobs would be getting people on board the aircraft.  Once they’re on and settled in,…

May I Help You?

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I would say my favorite job was back in 1968 when I worked for Macy’s on 34th Street while going to college.  I worked two nights a week and all day Saturday and netted about $22.  I loved the job.  I took orders on the phone.  I loved the different forms — the order forms, the return forms,…

Yes, Romney is Rich. Is that a Bad Thing?

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Imagine that your husband, wife, or child was in a terrible car accident. Imagine you were told by physicians that a complicated surgery was the best option to save their life and assure a successful recovery.  Imagine that a skilled surgeon was readily available to perform the surgery. What would you think if a hospital…

Celebrities Want Their Cake and Eat It Too

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Celebrities crack me up.  Not all celebrities.  There are some actors and actresses that stay out of the limelight and relish their privacy.  I’m talking about those who are attention-seeking junkies who spend every waking moment trying to be relevant.  Then, when something goes wrong in their lives, they want the cameras off, the lights…

The Hierarchy of Evil

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I’m not sure how prison sentences are determined but there must be some consideration that, in the scheme of things, there is a hierarchy of evil.  For example, certain crimes warrant the death penalty because of “special circumstances.” Former Mayor of Chicago, Rob Blagoyevich, recently got sentenced to 14 years for trying to sell President…

The Case Against Santa Claus

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If you do “Santa Claus” at your house, please stop immediately. “Santa Claus” is one of the first Great Lies parents feel compelled to tell their children. On the whole no one minds because it involves giving, and giving comes from the heart, et cetera. But generically speaking, you shouldn’t lie to your children for…

Sacrifice Is Not Faceless

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I wrote the following article last year as a tribute to my Goddaughter, Jeannine, and to honor her husband, Jeremy, who was at that time in Afghanistan waiting patiently to return to the States to spend the Christmas holidays with his wife and two beautiful children. Well, Christmas 2010 came and went. Jeremy returned to…

When a Crisis No Longer Commands Sobriety

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Ten years ago, in a very rare moment in time, our country put aside politics and partisan sniping to focus on a horrific crisis – the 9/11 attacks. Within that sliver of American history, politicians stopped playing games and worked together to face down a threat that had put our very way of life in…