Two of my closest friends told me that they missed the end of game six of the World Series last week.  In both instances I was stunned, since both are avid baseball fans (well, maybe not as avid as me, but then I’m a total nut for the game).  And in both instances, their […]

            Six years ago next month, my father celebrated his ninetieth birthday.  He was still mentally vigorous at the time.  Indeed, he was still practicing medicine in his own old-fashioned way.  (His patients loved him and begged him not to retire, which he did six months later.)  He died the following year at the age […]

by Keith Telfeyan As a fan of basketball, it is painful to see the threat of cancellation loom over the upcoming NBA season. As a critic of capitalism, it is downright depressing. That a simple game like basketball can suddenly vanish from the cultural pantheon merits serious critical attention. If players don’t play the games, […]

            “There’s something happening here, and what it is ain’t exactly clear.” -Stephen Stills             I was a sophomore in college in 1965 when I encountered my first protest.  It was staged by a handful of my college’s hippie students.  They were protesting the Viet Nam War.  I laughed at their seemingly impotent action as […]