Commentaries & Essays

When you are sick, don’t watch the nightly news. If you do, in addition to your current illness, you will wind up developing an ulcer. Also, don’t view Stranger Things when you’re feverish. You will regret it, unless you are the sort of person who dropped LSD during college years.

As we head into a new year, many of us will be looking for inspiration – to lose weight, add exercise or make other changes in our lives.

In this age of alternative facts, almost anything can be up for debate.  Take one obvious distinction – whether someone is dead or alive. 

For many families, weekends are a time to catch up with relatives who live someplace else.