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January 1st, 2012
(1915-2011)
“Blessed are the peacemakers: for they shall be called the children of God.” (Matthew 5:9) Lately I’ve been thinking about the Beatitudes, as well as ...
December 31st, 2011
(1942 – 2011)
When Clarence Clemons joined the E Street Band in October 1972, I was six months old. He was just beginning his musical ...
December 30th, 2011
For most of the public history of alcoholism and drug addiction all the way back to Noah, the general impression has been that it is ...
December 28th, 2011
(1955-2011)
Steve Jobs was never a corporate man. The early personal computer industry was an outgrowth of the radical back-to-the-land ethos and even the name "Apple" ...
December 27th, 2011
(1932-2011)
Could there have been anyone more gorgeous, more sumptuous, and more glamorous to a girl growing up in the ‘50s and 60s than Elizabeth Taylor, ...
December 26th, 2011
As the year draws to a close, we're reminded of many significant endings in 2011. Here's a short list of what got our (and the ...
January 19th, 2011
(1936 - 2010)
It is fitting that the first film Dennis Hopper appeared in was Rebel Without A Cause, yet it is even more appropriate that he was ...
January 11th, 2011
(1930-2010)
I'm 7 years old and the Yankees are king. It seems as if they never lose and I hate them with a passion. ...
January 6th, 2011
(1925-2010)
"We're like sisters!" the big ugly woman with the Bronx baritone replied caustically and I laughed. I laughed so hard I had to roll off ...
January 5th, 2011
Alexander McQueen (1969 - 2010), Mark Linkous (1962 - 2010) and Andrew Koenig (1968 - 2010)
These people, who had contributed much to the world; who could be gratified by the lives they had touched; who seemed to have a passion and a calling; who had more accomplishments to point at ...
January 4th, 2011
The passing of Barbara Billingsley (1915-2010), Peter Graves (1926-2010) and Leslie Nielsen (1926-2010)
Bob Hope, at his peak, was considered one of the funniest men on the planet. But show his performances to someone from the generations ...
December 31st, 2010
(1919-2010)
Holden Caulfield's Moments of Grace The spiritual wisdom of Salinger's famous teen Midway through J.D. Salinger's novel The Catcher in the Rye, the protagonist, Holden Caulfield, notices ...
December 30th, 2010
(1973-2010)
Hospice. The word sounds ominous enough when it's spoken in reference to an older person, but when it's used to describe the dying months of a 37-year-old woman, it ...
December 28th, 2010
(1934 - 2010)
After college I had to have my own apartment. Like so many other young women, I saw this independence as an exhilarating and gratifying rite ...
December 31st, 2009
(1930-2009)
Did any among us not grow up with Disney? Children of the 40s marked their years with Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, Pinocchio, Fantasia, ...
December 31st, 2009
A former CBS employee recalls the most trusted name in news
Long before Twitter or Drudge or Huffington or Gawker, there was another one-word media monolith, bigger and more influential than any one else. Walter. Television viewers didn’t ...
December 31st, 2009
A near-Irishman salutes Frank McCourt (1930-2009)
Also check out the latest Busted Halo Cast about Frank McCourt. Deanna, my ex-girlfriend, grew up in Boston. Recalling her early home life, she ...
December 31st, 2009
Remembering Robert Novak (1931-2009)
On a sunny-cold February day in 2001, I drove 70 miles to an Indianapolis hotel to pick up the journalist Robert Novak, whom I would ...
December 31st, 2009
And You Probably Don't Know His Name
Quick — can you give me the latest on the divorce drama between Jon & Kate Gosselin? Or why Paula Abdul isn't going to be ...
December 31st, 2009
(1975 - 2009)
Hallett during better timesI love a good rags-to-riches story. A vampire spin-off is not the usual definition of riches, ...
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