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Jackie 22 Years Ago Today
My neighborhood was more solemn than I had ever seen it, as we waited for some news. They had brought her home from Memorial Sloan Kettering after she made the decision when her doctors wanted to...
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A Bed Of Their Own
I’m reading a book by Edward Klein called Blood Feud, about the rumored war between the Obamas and Clintons. Asking myself, as I inhale each page, do I truly want to know this much? Mr. Klein, a...
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Memorial Day 2016
Freedom comes with a price that’s never more evident than when you go to Arlington National Cemetery, and it has little to do with the Kennedys, all majestically buried there like movie stars. It’s...
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Yellow Journalism
The headline stopping me in my tracks… Donald Trump says, IF ELECTED HE’LL GET RID OF SOCIAL SECURITY. So I did what I always do when I’m about to go into cardiac arrest, I called my pal Ed. “Can he...
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Orlando…June 12, 2016
Isis Goddess of Egypt, was the Goddess of motherhood, magic and fertility and matron of nature. She also was considered a friend of slaves, sinners and artisans, protector of the dead and Goddess of...
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National Treasures
Where does one begin to list, what dazzles the eye? I’ve decided to share, what’s personal to me, on this up and coming Independence Day…2016 The Statue of Liberty…our most famous national monument...
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John F. Kennedy Jr. Remembered
Every morning I walk through the Park, across the bridge, down the hill… and expect to see you. I expect to see you dashing from 1040 on roller blades, in your navy pinstriped suit, looking like your...
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Nice France July 14, 2016
I can’t stop reading nor thinking about what happened in Nice, 84 people dead, 200 injured and still some unaccounted for. Bastille Day is the French Fourth of July, and it’s hard not to imagine a...
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Hill And Don
I wish it were, Phil and Don, as in the Everly Brothers. Oh come on, you remember them, they sang Wake Up Little Susie and Birddog? The truth is, I’m stunned by both of our presidential nominees, like...
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Our Two Candidates
I made the mistake of rereading Peggy Noonan’s book, The Case Against Hillary Clinton, written in 2000, when she was about to run for the New York Senate. Beautifully penned, but unmistakably a...
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Bill Cosby, August Vanity Fair
An article worth reading, if nothing else, for the complexities of the charges leveled against a man who, if guilty, should be drawn and quartered. I met Mr. Cosby on two occasions, having worked on...
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Those Happy Hijabs
I’ve made an acute observation. There’s suddenly an explosion of young Islamic women employed throughout the city. Where before it was rare, now it’s viral, meaning that well. The thing that’s so...
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For Those Who Didn’t Come Home…September 11 2001
Has it really been 15 years since the day that changed the world? I had just turned 47 in July, feeling vital and free, as I left my house that beautiful Tuesday morning, en route to work. Needless to...
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I Believe In Ferries
I had a job in Staten Island, opting to self-report, sailing at dawn feeling like Sinbad the Sailor. I’ve written many times about the Staten Island Ferry, how wonderful it is and the best deal in...
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Those Wacky Debates
Ladies and Gentlemen, I give you Steve and Edie. Where is P.T. Barnum when you really need him? Wouldn’t it have been great if Jumbo was the moderator? Trump: If I win, I’d lock her up. Hillary:...
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Who Will Be Our Next President?
Soon it will be over, the long, desperate drumroll will finally cease. Who will it be…Bonnie or Clyde? How bout, we just toss a coin since either way Washington’s bones will rattle. George, by the way,...
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President Trump
How surprised am I to wake up to the breathtaking news, Donald Trump is our 45th President. To say I’m stunned is an understatement. As I wrote to a friend in England, it just goes to show, how many...
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Put Up Your Nukes
Am I never safe from the assholes of the world? I’m in Tiramisu, a cheap, casual bistro near my house, eating a little pasta. I’m in a good mood since, when I’m done, will be heading to the library...
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Letters Unsent
I am annoyed at so many people at the moment, I want to write and tell them so…scream on the page like a banshee with a pen. Makes me think of Abraham Lincoln who wrote many angry missives, he smartly,...
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Jackie
The recent film, Jackie, about Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy Onassis, is getting lots of attention. Seems she never loses her allure, while we remain fascinated by her. The film chronicles the...
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