Money Talks
For us today, 3 certainties exist: death, taxes, and the need for money to live. From birth to death, money controls us. People learn to work at something in order to acquire money. It drives [...]
Undiscovery
I’ve always considered Fall to be something of a calm after and before the storm. Summer vacations far behind and local kids back in school, and holidays far enough away that I don’t need....
I Shun You, TripAdvisor
I’ve taken 2 fantastic trips in the last month. The French Riviera and Monte Carlo yielded, once again, sightings galore--both human (Brad Pitt!) and machine (Shelby Cobra!). I almost got glam....
Like a Knee to the Heart
It’s always difficult discovering how someone else really feels about you, but birthdays can do that. Even if you’d rather it didn’t. It did for me one year--gave me one of my firs....
We Are the Champions
The test of true gluttony is occurring at the beach in front of my home: a hot dog eating contest. Shoveling down tubesteaks for sport seems a crass American display of overconsumption, branding the....
Drones
For years now a debate has raged within the U.S. government concernin the use of military drones: unmanned, remote-controlled aerial vehicles with long-range missile capabilities. Opposing arguments..
Family Unties
The concept of home is a complicated one. Unlike the word "house," which connotes a structure, "home" carries with it a great deal of emotional baggage, both light and heavy. The lig....
Airports: Full of People Who Are All Alone
Perhaps you’ve been there, too. Fly out the night before, or bite the bullet and take the 5 a.m.? For a recent trip, this girl bit. As I brewed my coffee at 3 a.m., the [...]
Some Men
Some men perceive that the world is running out of chocolate and travel to remote places to engender more cultivation. Some men have found that singing is the surest way to their woman’s heart.....
What Doesn’t Kill You…
Fifty cents. It may seem a pittance in an age when the news is filled with stories of AIG and Madoff and taxpayer-supported bank bailouts, all involving figures in the billions. It may seem insignif....
I’m not Meade, But…
When we’re all dead and buried, what do we leave behind? Whether in the name of science that seeks an academic understanding or the gloating public that wants to rake through the garbage of peo...
Help Wanted, Yo
This one goes out to all the college seniors out there. Congratulations--you made it! May senior year be all you ever dreamed of: it is truly a blessed, magical time. Leaping out of bed at [...]
