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The death of a flower that will bloom again reminds me of a beautiful ballad once sung by a voice that is no longer with us. Though the flower fades, the bees carry its pollen on invisible currents, ensuring that its beauty returns with another season. So too does music travel on unseen vibrations, carriedContinue reading “Invisible messengers”

Something changed in American family life over the last sixty plus years. In 1960, the typical woman married by 20 and most children grew up with two married parents at the dinner table most nights. Today, the median age at first marriage is nearly 29, a quarter of 40-year-olds have never married, and the birthContinue reading “The strike of the nuclear family union.”

I met you where you were and never judged where you came from. I encouraged you to pursue an education, introduced you to people who valued ideas and ambition, and opened doors that had never been opened to you. I shared my world because I believed in your potential. When you had little, I gaveContinue reading “Muffins, coffee and half and half”

I was a huge fan of the AMC series Mad Men. My wife and I would look forward to Sunday nights, sitting together on the couch and watching each new episode. It became a weekly ritual. The show revolved around the characters and storylines inside the Madison Avenue advertising world of Sterling Cooper, a placeContinue reading “Mad Men”

Today, I sold my comic book collection, a collection I had been building since the 1970s. It wasn’t easy. Some of those books had been with me for most of my life. There are seasons when sentiment must yield to responsibility. California is an expensive place to live, and when times become difficult, you makeContinue reading “The Responsibility of Time”

There was a time when respect wasn’t measured by words alone, it was demonstrated through everyday actions. A gentleman removed his hat when being introduced to a woman, while engaged in conversation with her, or upon entering her home or another private space. If he simply passed her on the street, he tipped the brimContinue reading “A tip of the hat”

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A group of woke communist women can call conservatives and President Trump supporters fascists, during a Jane Fonda event trying to compete with the UFC and many on the woke left celebrate and defend it. They mean it. A UFC fighter, playing a character with a split-personality gimmick, calls former First Lady Michelle Obama aContinue reading “Selective outrage”

What a waste of an interesting premise. The original story comes from a French source, “I Am Not an Easy Man,” but this adaptation feels unfocused and uneven. It leans heavily on broad generalizations about male behavior, flipping stereotypes in a way that never really lands or makes any sense, instead trying to be provocativeContinue reading “Ladies First”

There was a time when Hollywood was seen as glamorous and mysterious. Celebrities were elevated by the media and largely protected from scrutiny. It was viewed as a playground for the elite, and people dreamed of becoming one of the Hollywood ingenues or a leading men in film and television and join in the fun.Continue reading “The collectivism of celebrity”