Today’s New York Times, included an insert, “Truth. It’s more important now than ever.” How true! All the discussion about “fake news” and attacks on the news media infuriates me. In law school I edited CONSCIENCE, an award winning publication. I regularly wrote a column, “The Public Ought to Know,” from ‘03 to ‘05 and resurrected it as “The Publ …
Recent blogs on this website – not mine – focused on political discourse and the need to embrace civility. I concur with the concept of heroism to face your friends (and others) who hold different positions and share with each other what brings you to your point of view. I want to stress the difference between discourse and partisanship. M …
Back in the days of cassette tapes I created a special tape of love songs. I played it on my first date with Shelly. With Valentines Day approaching and many groups holding “Sweethearts Dances” this weekend or next, why not share some (most) of my fave “Songs of Love” and invite your suggestions. Inspired by Friday blogger Fred Klein I previous …
People comment about the music. All the time. They like the links. To songs. To bands. To lyrics. And more. They enjoy! Me too! No secret here music infuses my being and I find ways to insert it in my work and play and many things in between; that includes my writing. This commentary shares how an “innocent” post in a daily newspaper polit …
Watching the news unfold this weekend with demonstrations at the NYC airports and blocks away from where my Gotham Power Breakfast meets in downtown Brooklyn and places across the country, I found myself looking through my twitter and looking at my fave cable news outlet, NY1. A Day In The Life immediately came to mind. Last week I discussed how …
Despite the title, I promise absolutely no politics, no political diatribes of any kind in this commentary. Just some Chimes of Freedom. You ask then how a discussion of Freedom involves none of the above. Well. Read on. You be the judge. I planned to purchase an iPad in the Spring. Shelly enjoys hers. Jonathan has had several, one repurpos …
In my weekly eve and weekend games, the same expectation applies to all players: Get open, get ball, shoot. And some I play with demonstrate phenomenal shots and range. I know my spots and when to slide or roll after a pick. Folks found the ball we used at our last session a bit heavy so maybe the usual bounce or roll that falls into the basket …
I already played two hours of (basket)ball, enough of a workout for any day. I did not anticipate that hours later another workout loomed. When I left early to drop off Shelly’s dad at a medical appointment before heading to the school to play, it snowed lightly. By the time a reached the school there was an inch covering the sidewalk. I was d …
Happy new year! Last week I shared Songs To Ring in the New Year, even though the blog fell on The first day of Chanukah and Christmas Day (I served up my Holiday song list the previous Sunday.). If you expected to escape music from this muse, better stop here and move on. At the end of each year, for six years running, I post to my website comm …
Happy New Year and Ring It In with some great songs. Shelly and I wish everyone all the best as we approach the moment we ring in new year 2017. And what better way than an updated list of “Songs To Ring In The New Year.” I hope folks enjoyed my “Happy Holidays in song” playlist which I blogged about last Sunday. Readers of that blog (c …
I no longer devote much time to any music station. I long for the days of WNEW-FM which enjoys a Facebook page. No matter what music station you would dial up on terrestrial radio, the weeks leading up to the holidays means music that reflects that spirit and themes. A few years back Gotham co-founder Fred Klein, knowing my love of music, encour …
Gotham City Networking, Inc.®’s co-founder calls our Gotham Green® group, The Change The World Group. Easy to adopt that description. I often talk about the need to make a difference and as this month began – literally – on December 1, 2016, Gotham Green® announced the recipients of our Gotham Green Awards®. I kept thinking about a song that on …
Last week the plan for today's blog would be to discuss those announced this past Thursday at Gotham Green® as the recipients of the Gotham Green Award® at a Luncheon next April in advance of Earth Day. Indeed this past week involved a have set of meetings; two major presentations sandwiched the Green announcement itself, and I did enjoy sharing m …
I hope all enjoyed your Thanksgiving Day and weekend that followed with family, friends, colleagues, however it works best for you. It always involves memories and traditions, some peculiar to some celebrants. Music obviously (See last week (and of course you can still comment there as well as today).) plays a role here. Many of us play Alice’s …
Many know my love of music and even of my preference among artists. Sometimes it permeates my work. My all-time fave song, All Right Now, dates back to when I was 14 going on 15. It upset me when Free broke up but a successor band with its drummer and lead singer, did not play that song in early concerts and not in any I attended in their latest …
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