Not to belabor the point (oh, maybe just a little), but this is what Michelle Obama should have worn to the Inaugural Ball. Although a different color might have been in order, the cut and drape would have been just … Continue reading →
They all took Presidential oaths that required a do-over.
Continue reading →I applaud yesterday’s attempt to inject poetry into the inaugural proceedings. But the poem that Elizabeth Alexander composed and read was trite, the sort of thing that helps me understand why many people decide they hate poetry. When I took … Continue reading →
Okay, I’m a woman, and I notice these fashiony things. So sue me. I happen to think Michelle Obama usually dresses beautifully. She’s tall and slender and toned (although hardly model-thin, especially the lower half of her body). If carefully … Continue reading →
For those of you who are near a TV and are planning to watch, here’s a thread where you can talk amongst yourself about the inaugural festivities. A few liveblogging thoughts: I find the expressions on the faces of the … Continue reading →
Barack Obama is unfortunate to have inherited the worst financial climate in many decades. But in other ways he’s a very lucky man. One huge piece of good luck for Obama is that the bad news about the economy was … Continue reading →
At least it feels that way, from the reports I read. America is more excited about this particular president than any previous one I can recall, and my memory goes back quite a while. Is it merely because of the … Continue reading →
Disasters leaving no survivors are not only tragic and terrifying, they remain mysterious. If no one escapes to tell the tale, we are left to imagine how the unfortunate victims spent their last moments. Was the end quick, or did … Continue reading →
The NY Times reports on researchers’ attempts to discover the chemical mediators of that complex emotion we call love. Some of this research has been done with prairie voles, who seem to share humans’ ability to be monogamous—although I doubt … Continue reading →
The following email was forwarded to me by a friend. As Nigerian scams go, it is a thing of beauty, don’t you think? And despite the scammers’ continuing inability to master the English language, the closing sentence is a masterpiece: … Continue reading →
The universally acknowledged hero of yesterday, who made the Flight 1549 story one of a controlled landing rather than a plane crash, is US Air pilot Chesley Sullenberger No one who knew Sullenberger (known as “Sully”) was the least bit … Continue reading →
We can’t get enough of this story. It contains the perfect balance of suspense and joyful resolution: harrowing danger combined with rescue from what had looked to be certain and deadly harm. These ingredients are more ordinarily the stuff of … Continue reading →