Well we all have a face that we hide away forever;               And we take it out and show ourselves when everyone has gone. -“The Stranger,” Billy Joel               Know thyself. -Socrates               These things I believe, and the world, for all its horrors, has left me unshaken. -Bertrand Russell (at the age of […]

              Do you have your Academy Award favorites selected?  The big night is this Sunday (at 4:00 PT on ABC).               I’ve made my picks, which I’ll share with you in a moment.  I do this every year, of course, as do so many of us who love the giant screen and the artistry that […]

“Love and marriage, love and marriage, go together like a horse and carriage. -Sammy Cahn               Amidst all the hoopla last weekend surrounding Valentine’s Day (and what would the florists in our economy do without it?), I was struck by how dramatically the celebration of love has changed in my lifetime.  Of course, a lot […]

              The fiftieth anniversary celebration last weekend of the Beatles debut appearance on the Ed Sullivan Show was the kind of nostalgia that resonates with those old enough to remember and raises curious interest in those too young to have known.  Here, for everyone, is what it was all about.               In their home country […]