Charles Brandt, “I Hear You Paint Houses”
Before you see Martin Scorsese’s “The Irishman” (with DeNiro, Pacino, Pesci, et al), listen to my interview with the man who wrote the book the movie’s based on.
Keeping 9/11 In Perspective
Here’s a piece I wrote in 2003 on the second anniversary of the 9/11 attacks, offering perspective on how daily American lives were not really changed that horrible day.
Valerie Harper
When I heard Friday of the death of Valerie Harper at age 80, I went to my archives to dig out this revealing conversation I had with her in February, 2006.
Hotel Rumination
I know couples that like to “get away” from home by staying at a hotel. They go downtown, have dinner, go to the hotel, spend the night, get up and have breakfast, then go home. I don’t get it. You were 20 minutes from your house, where everything was set up the way you like […]
Daylight Whining Time
There are people who complain every time we switch from standard time to daylight saving time (or vice versa), whining about the change affecting their sleep pattern. I’m sorry, I don’t get it. I’ll grant you that I don’t have a regular sleep pattern, and never have. Some days I’m up early, other days I […]