Listen to the commentary It’s time to get your affairs in order. As I write this, I’m preparing for my sixth admission as an inpatient since January at the City of Hope in Duarte, CA. Those stays have ranged from two days to a month in duration. This time, it’s Salmonella poisoning: as onerous […]
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Listen to the commentary Bernie Madoff was born in New York City in 1938. He was well known and respected in NYC as evidenced by the numerous positions he received at the important cultural institutions. His prominence in the Jewish Community gave him star-power in the late decades of the 20th Century. As his firm Bernard
Is famous a viable alternative to fruitful? Read More
Listen to the commentary I hope you’re enjoying some time for yourself – with your family and friends – as the last gasps of Summer are enjoyed doing something that refreshes your bod and your soul. It’s Labor Day. Are you going back to work tomorrow? “Summer break” is no longer applicable for people
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Listen to the commentary Climate Change. Global Warming. Carbon Footprint. Two decades into the 21st Century, those have become fighting-words across all time-zones and cultures. What’s happening? I’m bracing for blowback; the hot topics that – today – span between election cycles are ever more divisive as different positions and politicians express their “based
Things are heating up! Read More
Listen to the commentary First uttered by four-year-old cultural philosophers: You’re not the boss of me! If you have kids, you’ve heard that reaction before, when you’re “laying down the law.” Most parents work to mature their kids beyond that first symptom of rebellion before they land in their first classroom. If not checked,
Listen to the commentary If you could see – with certainty – the future, would that foreknowledge affect what you do today, leading to that resolute tomorrow? Carl Sagan was an astronomer and educator known for connecting average people to science. He was able to communicate with millions of people through print and broadcast media;
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Listen to the commentary Why don’t you just tell people that you’re an atheist… and help us in reverse? Charlie “Tremendous” Jones was a good friend; he moved from Earth to Heaven about 14 years ago, in his 81st Year. His Career was in life insurance, but his Calling was to help people move
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Listen to the commentary Birds of a feather flock together. I’ll bet you’ve heard that common wisdom before; in fact, I’ll bet you’ve even quoted it at appropriate moments. In that verbiage, it is an English proverb that reaches back 500+ years but has origins in ancient Greek and Roman citations. The underlying message: there’s
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It’s to die for! These are days that are undeniably unprecedented. Some aspects of life have eroded on our watch; there’s an understandable lament that is shared in groans when we’re among like-minded friends who react to modern cultural life as it goes on around you. At the same time, some parts of the 21st
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A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away… It was 45 years ago when Star Wars – the first release in what would become an international family of entertainment products – made that line an understood and oft-repeated introduction to a fantasy world far removed from the headlines of 1977, and every era
Do you have what it takes? Read More