Once upon a time, somebody must have told me that boys are easier to raise in their teen years than girls. Fairy tail inaugurations aside, I don’t believe I made this up. In fact, I think it was in reference to how horrible boy toddlers are; my relief—this vague and mysterious advisor claimed—would come in … Continue reading
There’s a horrible truth about the United States that far too few people want to contemplate. Despite all our wealth (and by that, I mean a collective GDP that breaks down to almost $50,000/person based on 2012 numbers), there are many people who are homeless in the USA. Because we don’t like to consider that … Continue reading
I have a bone to pick with those who would defund public education, but the worst offenders are those who would do so in order to profit on the taxpayers’ backs via so-called “school choice.” I speak today of the Charter School, one of the worst developments to hit early childhood education since this country … Continue reading
This past weekend I was finally able to take in my favorite public art installation, Canstruction, at the World Financial Center in Lower Manhattan. Every year after Halloween, the WFC is host to a couple dozen “sculptures” made up entirely (or almost entirely) of canned food products. In NYC, the sculptures remain on display until … Continue reading
There are three wants which can never be satisfied: that of the rich, who want something more; that of the sick, who want something different; and that of the traveler, who says, “Anywhere but here.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson I could easily choose to quote Frank Sinatra (yes, I know Leonard Bernstein wrote the actual … Continue reading
I have been absent for nearly three weeks owing to a lot of activity in my life. I know that’s a poor excuse for a blogger, but what I beg you to realize is that I write an average of 10,000 words each week. While this may not seem like a tremendous amount of activity, … Continue reading
Astrid Cook - The Right Writer 