Reality television documents a fake world these days, most recently that of My Unorthodox Life, the new show about Julia Haart‘s exit from the Orthodox religious community. Most sellable to the media was her rags-to-riches meteoric rise to CEO of a modeling company, designer of shoes, culminating in the main… Read More
A few weeks ago, lots of things were bugging me. I mean, isn’t being resentful part and parcel of being human? Let’s see: Whether it’s anger at the person who pushed ahead of you in line at the grocery, or frustration with your rebellious teenager’s attitude, or exasperation at the… Read More
East Coasters have storms. Hurricanes, tornadoes, rain, snow, blizzards. They get it all. The wind, the downed power lines, the trees fall, the electricity goes out, and the basements flood. It’s bad. Here on the West Coast, we get earthquakes. No warning. Suddenly the earth shakes, and bookshelves go flying,… Read More
