Reality Strikes

The acronym for the lower east side of New York, LES, often brings out extreme reactions.  There are those who...

It is hard to remember last week.  Idle summer days had hung and our sports heroes were still heroes.  The...

Sometimes, well most of the time, we are our own worst enemy.  It is a puzzling process.  Intuitively one might...

Everyone wants to feel good.  It is as if we all share a common mantra: mask the truth, never say...

The soul’s midnight is usually a very dark place.  There is no place for our secrets to hide.  Honesty is...

Everything happens within a context.  Much of the time I find myself ignoring the context because I am confident I...

An old friend’s father died recently.  Through no fault of our own, we haven’t seen each other in years.  If...

I know, realize, and understand this is stating the obvious; New York is too big, complex, and changing for anyone...

In my first experience with the Jewish culture in New York I came away with what I thought was a...

The world is unfair.  If there is anywhere it shows it is in the cities.  Bright people can be found...