BEFORE AND BEYOND- MEDIA REVIEW
Back to the Future (When People Had Savings Accounts) Revisiting Ms. Lollobrigida ( Please Don't Call Her Gee Lo) Repealing the Comment Section in Online Newspapers?
View ArticleThe Looming Obsolescence of Men:Reflections on The Switch
Many years ago a female colleague, most likely with an eye on the biological clock, let me know that if she ever considered getting pregnant, my little guys would be on the short list to make the swim...
View ArticleShould Tiger Leave Golf?
Sport columnist Charlie McGrath's lead in last Sunday's New York Times, asks, "What in the world is wrong with Tiger Woods?" The question should be, "What in the world was wrong with Tiger Woods?"
View ArticleGUNPLAY, DISEASE AND POLITICS
There's a reason early politicians had to be straight shooters.
View ArticleTHE ILLUSION OF SECURITY
"Security is mostly a superstition. It does not exist in nature nor do the children of man as a whole experience it. Avoiding danger is no safer in the long run than outright exposure. Life is either a...
View ArticleCHICKENS, COWS, AND WALL STREET
Imagine if you will, an early American farming community--crops, livestock, a bit of hunting and fishing, and a whole lot of bartering--where character becomes collateral in times of need.
View ArticleIT HURTS WHEN I DO THAT
My best friend in high school, Ray Cohen, was a fount of homespun wisdom, issued with a hint of Yiddish accent for color and authenticity.
View ArticleAn R2-D2 Insurrection
By Lester Gray Our behavior has always lagged behind our tools and innovation. At times the results resembled nothing so much as a three year-old with a chain saw. The advent of agriculture and the...
View ArticleSTRESSING (OVER) YOUR JEANS
Shopping online at a website recommended by my daughter, I discovered a pair of jeans, marked down from about $500 dollars to somewhere between $100-$200 dollars–a pre-faded, threadbare, knee-torn,...
View ArticleWORKING FOR MR. A
Mr. A. never said much. In the four summers I worked for him, we exchanged less than 100 words a season. Everything was understood. You came to work on time. Everyday. You didn’t steal. Small guy....
View ArticleTREME: HUMANITY AMONG THE RUINS
The Big Easy has never been easy. Louisiana, the state in which it sits, was found unworthy of defending by the French, then the Spanish, who gave it back to the French who sold it to the United...
View ArticlePULLING ALL THE RIGHT STRINGS
By Lester Gray While others went digital, the puppeteer thrived in analog. When received opinion suggested the road to success was made of silicon and algorithms, he eased down the one made of foam...
View ArticleMy Friend Mario
Mario never came to terms with his leg. It was as though it were a younger sibling, always lagging behind, impervious to coaxing. He would step forward on his left leg and drag his right until it was...
View ArticleJames Cotton: The Real Deal
By Lester Gray When the field hollers and work songs rose from the cotton pickers, James Cotton was there. When the only clubs in which to play the blues were two room shacks, where people moved out...
View ArticleJuan de Marcos and the Cuban-All Stars
When people attempt to describe Juan de Marcos Gonzales they quite naturally refer to his work on the landmark CD, the Buena Vista Social Club. It did for Cuban folk music what Paul Simon’s Graceland...
View ArticleThe Low Down on Low Down
Low Down Film Review By Lester Gray For Amy (Elle Fanning), born into a dreary bohemia, absence of structure is the norm. As she struggles through adolescence, she finds herself surrounded by...
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