SKIING THROUGH SOUR CREAM

Have you been watching the Olympics? Have you been wondering who was the first American Jew to earn Olympic medals in a Nordic sport? Or how and where most American Jews learned to ski and skate and play tennis and golf? Not at the country clubs and resorts that...

LOVE IS ALL AROUND

During the pandemic, I binged on the entire series of THE MARY TYLER MOORE SHOW, leading me to ponder the upsides and downsides of workplace friendships and romances. Those ponderings are now available in the latest episode of my podcast MAYBE IT’S ME. (Who knew...

POR QUE, PORQUOI …

Were you forced to take a foreign language in high school? Do you remember sitting through hour after hour of language lab? So many people now speak English, why should we Americans bother to learn Spanish or French or German or Chinese or Urdu? And why on earth would...

GET A DOG

I really, really want a dog. Why don’t I get one? If I do, will you pay for all its vet bills? Does everyone need to be a doggie parent to a furbaby? Can’t you just own a mutt? You might hate me, but if you want to hear me say the unsayable, tune in to...

HOW NOT TO BE ELECTROCUTED BY YOUR TOILET

Have you ever had a hard time convincing someone that something is wrong with your car, your house, or your computer and they really do need to fix it? Of course you have. I can’t help you fix whatever needs fixing, but I invite you to compare your frustrations...