There was a time in the good ol’ USA when manufacturing was booming, factories were humming and workers were making things on assembly lines. “Things” weren’t all that workers were making, because money was also…
Posts published in “Essays”
Once upon a time, there was America, and it was great, or at least that's what my teachers taught. Then I grew up, and one by one over the decades of my life, the grand…
I grew up with restaurants and in restaurants and luxuriated in the romance of restaurants in New York, London, Mexico City and elsewhere. My lawyer father had clients who owned restaurants and so we ate…
Willie Mays. Was there ever a better name for a ball player? Willie Mays. Just the mention of his name brings a smile to all, even Dodger fans. Willie Mays. I grew-up in SoCal in…
“Are you going to watch the debate?” Yes, I replied, I feel I have to. It’s probably going to be a big deal. But I have such trepidation about it, even dread. I don’t think…
To begin, let me report that after submitting the previous Rainbow story to the Advertiser, it occurred to me that I had not asked the interviewee the origins of his pseudonymous moniker. One windless spring…
At the end of WWII, it was generally recognized that the Soviet Union and saved Europe. Russians killed 80% of all German soldiers. The Nazi invasion of Russia, biggest military onslaught in history, happened 3…