Monthly Archives: January 2011

If these two members of congress ever got into the ring, my money is on Backmann. And if you have doubts, you didn’t listen to the competing speeches given by them after the State of the Union address by the … Continue reading →

She inferred that Obama has anti-American ideas that need to be investigated.

David Sedaris, an American humorist, writer and best selling novelist, writes with an autobiographical style. Recently, one his books, “Me Talk Pretty Some Day,” was selected by the Vintage Book Club at my suggestion, which has resulted in a wave … Continue reading →

Every once in a while something hits your eye like a blast of powder. Such an incident occurred to me recently in a current issue of The New Yorker magazine (JAN. 17, 2011). Harvard history professor, Jill Lepore, has published … Continue reading →

For those of us who had the “privilege” of living through the Great Depression, an essential part of surviving those daunting ten years fell on the great entertainers who made us laugh despite the bleakness of the time. Red Skelton, … Continue reading →