All these years later “White Christmas” has an evanescent ability to touch us across time, and we think of the "snow" as being a metaphor for peace and love.
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In Defense of ‘Happy Holidays’
“Happy Holidays” covers everything from Thanksgiving through New Year’s Day, and it is said not to insult people but rather to honor their individuality and respect the dignity of their respective faiths.
Read More »The Elf on the Shelf Has Me Talking to Myself
Try being the designated Elf hider and say, around three o’clock in the morning, you wake up and realize you forgot to hide the damn thing.
Read More »Concert/Theater Review (NYC): The Andersons in ‘Le Jazz Hot’
In 'How the French Saved Jazz,' songs by iconic jazz musicians show how the interest and contributions of the less-racist French influenced our important American art form.
Read More »Theater Review (NYC): ‘Buyer and Cellar’ by Jonathan Tolins
Hilariously funny encounters in the personal shopping mall of a fictional Barbra Streisand cloak a tragic neediness.
Read More »Mike Rowe’s Dirty Definition of Passion
We never grow out of the need to feel passionate about what we do.
Read More »Tragedy in My Children’s Alma Mater: The Arapahoe High School Shooting
A local parent and teacher speaks out on the Arapahoe High School shootings.
Read More »The Kelly Files: White Christmas, White Santa
Megyn Kelly looks into the television camera and speaks in a manner that suggests she thinks there are only white children in Santa Claus’s world.
Read More »‘New York Post’ Jacoby Ellsbury Headline Offensive
I believe the newspaper and its chairman Rupert Murdoch owe Ellsbury and the Native American community a sincere and public apology.
Read More »Common Core Wars – The NY State Senate Strikes Back
We need to get back to teachers teaching instead of teaching to the test. This report is a sign that we are getting there.
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