A Mother’s heart has to be big, and endure many things, but among the most painful — seeing your young adult child thrash about, unable to find a clear path to happiness. Jobs aren’t everything, of course, but the 20s are all about finding satisfying work that pays the bills [Keep reading]
It’s time to take the issue of passenger airplane turbulence and injuries seriously. It’s time to require more choppy air data from the airlines — right now, they provide essentially none. And it’s time you simply kept your seat belt on every moment you are in the air. For the [Keep reading]
I was lucky enough to attend Jazzfest in New Orleans this week. If you’ve never been, put it on your bucket list. The big acts are great, but the smaller stages full of jazz and blues history are where it’s at. Learned all about Swamp Pop, thanks to Warren Storm, [Keep reading]
“I support them and give them food, and clothes, and cars, and houses. Who gives it to them? Does someone else give it to them? … Who makes the game? Do I make the game, or do they make the game? Is there 30 owners that created the league?” By [Keep reading]
General Mills did the predictable thing today and, after refusing to answer questions from The New York Times, wrote a blog post criticizing the paper for getting the Cheerios story wrong yesterday. Feel free to believe the firm — and every other corporation — which tries to say that forcing [Keep reading]
Pope Francis is saying and doing all the right things. He’s eating meals with prisoners. He’s washing the feet of the disabled and the elderly. He’s living in a humble apartment and has rejected Vatican comforts. Imagine if someone nailed him to a cross for it? Today is Good Friday, [Keep reading]
If you are paying more than 20 percent of your income in federal taxes, you are doing it wrong. That’s roughly what the Obamas pay every year — hey, at least it’s more than Mitt Romney. As you should know by now, Obama pays a lower real tax rate than [Keep reading]
All those first dates you have at Starbucks can turn into second dates now. The coffee chain and site of many, many awkward Match.com encounters has begun an offering called “Starbucks Evenings,” with liquor and small plate on the menu. So meet me for coffee can turn into meet me [Keep reading]
I’m very proud to announce that a team of NBC journalists I was on has won a Peabody award for an extended project called, “In Plain Sight,” about the struggles of ordinary Americans trying to survive under difficult economic circumstances. I wrote two pieces for the project: One on the [Keep reading]
(Kevin Hurley, Global Brand Ambassador for Teeling Whiskey, stopped by Peter Dillon’s in NYC last night to help me explain why the history of whiskey is the history of Ireland. Teeling, a new entrant, is meant to be sipped, not gulped, like Jameson. But it’s not quite as expensive as [Keep reading]
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