I marched on Washington, D.C., on April 5, 1992, when George Herbert Walker Bush was president of the United States. My mother, my daughter and I, along with a few hundred thousand other people . . .
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12/14/18
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From one vantage point, we are blessed to live in these times. Consider us here on Long Island, enjoying our safe neighborhoods, good schools and . . .
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12/7/18
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When I flew to Bermuda for my wedding trip on July 4, 1968, I wore an ensemble, a matching coat and dress, heels, straw hat and white gloves. Dressing to fly . . .
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11/30/18
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Yes! A federal judge ruled that the White House must reinstate the press credential for CNN’s Jim Acosta. Acosta was denied White House press access after . . .
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11/23/18
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Two months ago, I wrote about my daughter’s discovery that she has a mutation in the BRCA1 gene, which brings with it a high risk of developing breast and/or ovarian cancer during her lifetime.
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11/16/18
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To me, it is magic. But actually it’s chemistry. You start with flour, water, salt and yeast . . .
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11/8/18
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Listen up. No lectures. The integrity and destiny of our democracy is for you and me to decide with our votes next Tuesday. I trust the basic goodness of our American voting public, but . . .
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11/1/18
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A man walks into a consulate . . .
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10/26/18
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If you’re obsessively researching your next vacation, tracking down restaurants in Taiwan, chatting up your tour guide in Belgium or checking out your choice of pillows at the Hilton in Detroit, listen up.
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10/19/18
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I decided to think of my recent MRI, to check out an uncooperative leg bone, as an opportunity. It was much more productive than thinking of . . .
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10/11/18
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