Dick Clark, Entertainment Icon Nicknamed ‘America’s Oldest Teenager,’ Dies at 82

I’ve just started to read another of Helene Hanff’s delightful books, “Apple of My Eye,” a love letter of sorts to New York City. It was written in 1976, amidst a bankrupt city government and the  [more...]

Yesterday I began training for CERT (Community Emergency Response Team), which is a group of citizens trained to respond in the event of disaster or attack. After a course overview, the first class was on Emergency  [more...]

And while the western world was preoccupied with Russell Crowe’s inability to assemble Swedish furniture, thousands of people were killed in an earthquake in Iran. Thousands. At least fifteen thousand at last  [more...]