Welcome to The House of David Major League Baseball starts this month. Opening day with all the inherent hoopla is somewhere in the neighborhood of March 26th. This reminded me of the most...
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Edward Brooke
America’s first African American Senator When we look at American politics right now we see polarized, stagnated anger. But there was a time when that wasn’t the case. There were people...
You Ate What?
Dining in Ancient Rome Thinking about dining in Ancient Rome conjures up images of the well-heeled reclining on couches and eating until they made themselves sick. That certainly happened at times...
What You Give Away in Social Media
Computer scientist Jennifer Golbeck’s thoughts about Social Media. By Bill Wood And you thought the 2016 national elections told us a lot about ourselves? Wait’ll you learn...
Bocce
A great sport, minus the sweating. As a young boy I remember going to the park off Jerome Avenue on Sunday afternoons in the post war Bronx, to play baseball or basket ball or ring-a-levio, with my...
Male and Female Brains
Are men and women wired differently? Men and women are different — not an earth-shattering revelation. Not that one is better than the other, just different. The male brain is about 10% larger...
Lawrence Ferlinghetti
To Beat or Not To Beat In the late 40’s and into the 50’s and 60’s, a movement of unorthodox writers and artists came upon a stagnant literary world and decided through their work to change the...
High Priced Pets
Not your bargain basement varieties The other day I went to the supermarket looking for cooking oil, asparagus sprouts, strawberries and tortillas. (Don’t ask) As I was strolling through the...
Is Marriage Harder Today?
It may be, and there are reasons why Anyone who’s been married for more than a few months, maybe weeks, will tell you it’s tough. And considering how divorce rates have climbed over the last few...
Mars Married to Venus
Gender-driven differences can seem paradoxical Men and women have unique perspectives, meaning they see the world and interpret situations differently, sometimes from opposite directions. We all know...
