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 […]

              Well, that wasn’t much of a Super Bowl, was it?  At least it wasn’t the competitive nail-biter many had predicted it would be.  Instead, it turned out to be a good excuse to watch the commercials, which, as far as I could tell, were a disappointing mix of the overly sentimental (Budweiser and Pepsi […]

              And so, we again come to that most unofficial of national holidays: the Super Bowl.  If I read my Roman numerals correctly, this one is number forty-eight.  That’s depressing for several reasons, not least of which is that I remember the first.               The game was just beginning to catch on with the masses […]

              As the charges fly about another apparent scandal, this one from the mayor of Hoboken, New Jersey Governor Chris Christie still has questions being asked about his administration’s role in the fiasco that resulted from the closing of lanes from Fort Lee to the George Washington Bridge back in September of last year.  Three […]