A while back I wrote about the turmoil going on at Market Basket, my very favorite supermarket. I’m happy to report that several weeks ago the whole thing got settled and the good guys won. Not only that, but business … Continue reading →
If you were to see me, you wouldn’t think “fat person.” But you wouldn’t think “thin person” either. You might think “there goes a woman who looks pretty good for her age”—if you knew my age, that is. But you … Continue reading →
…is considered by Sarah Yager of the Atlantic to be an abomination, bred for looks to the exclusion of the taste that gave it its name. Well, I don’t know. Although I’ve sung my paean to the Jazz apple—expensive, hard … Continue reading →
After all this time has passed and I’ve written all these words on the subject, the spell Obama has been able to weave still puzzles me. I first noticed the phenomenon in early 2008, when an apolitical and very intelligent … Continue reading →
For those of you who aren’t keen on breakfast: no need to eat it. I’ve never been much of a breakfast eater, even as a child. In my case it goes with not being a morning person. Over the years … Continue reading →
If you’re the superstitious type, thirteen is an ominous number. But we don’t need superstition to feel bad about what’s been going on in the world lately. For a few years not all that long ago, the threat of terrorism … Continue reading →
According to this article in Slate, some researchers have found that home-cooked meals aren’t all they’re cracked up to be. They’re not cheap, it’s hard to get the family together, and the wretched louts seem ungrateful for the effort: Beyond … Continue reading →
Today’s a holiday, and I decided to mostly take a break from writing about politics. You know what’s going on, anyway, right? So I want to provide a thread about something entirely different: one of the favorite dishes of my … Continue reading →
Every now and then I get an email or a comment asking me to explain whatever happened to my “a mind is a difficult thing to change” series. Why did I stop writing it in early 2008? And will I … Continue reading →
First let me make myself perfectly clear: I don’t care one way or the other about what Obama’s tan suit signified, the one that has been causing such a ruckus. On the scale of things I have to criticize Obama … Continue reading →
A while back I went to the Boston Ballet to see Balanchine’s “Serenade.” Oh, there were other ballets on the program, but I shelled out the money for one reason and one reason alone: Serenade. I’ve written briefly about the … Continue reading →
I’m a sucker for these “100 best” lists, even if I’ve never heard of the people doing the choosing. So I couldn’t resist this one, where I discovered I’d never even heard of most of the animated movies they’ve listed, … Continue reading →