My youngest son is a poet and so upon his graduation from college (yay!) and return home for the summer, we have been having discussions about what poetry is. You won’t be surprised to hear that we haven’t figured it out. But we know that we like some and can’t […]
The way we use words does make a difference, as proved by two events in the past week. The first was the death of a gentleman who may best conjure up the phrase “ink-stained wretch.” His name was Vincent Musetto and he was the New York Post copy editor who […]
One of my favorite moments at the three big horse races, the Kentucky Derby, Preakness and Belmont, is when the reporter interviews the winning jockey right after the race ends while they are both on horseback. Mostly, I wonder at how the reporter, Donna Brothers, does it. I would be […]
Scott Walker, the governor of Wisconsin and candidate for the Republican presidential nomination, made a little news by describing himself as the “most scrutinized politician in America.” He’s not the first politician to observe that he’s getting a lot of media attention, and they never make it sound like a […]