My last day at home: Get organized, double-check everything, run a load of laundry for all the shirts I’m taking, cover some last-minute chores my “supervisor” has for me. She, in turn, gives what’s left of my hair a trim. I get these haircuts perched on a stool on our deck with this as part…
Some of the best writing — and certainly some of the most difficult – can be found in 30-second radio and TV spots, especially those advocating positions on public policy issues. Explaining complicated ideas in a handful of words? Take it from me, it’s hard. And it’s one of the challenges faced by those of…
We all know that newspapers are in trouble. People don’t want to pay for the print editions anymore because they can get the news for free on line. The problem is, it really isn’t free. Someone has to pay the journalist to cover the event, get the interviews, do the research, and write the story….
I’ve just swapped emails with a regular reader here who was worrying that his train might be late and he would miss the telecast of a Syracuse University basketball game. And it triggered the memory of a funny incident that happened way back in 1959, when I was a senior at Boston University. BU has…