I was in a public place recently and heard an older gentleman tell a joke about a 30-something woman who was despairing over not being married. Such jokes don’t amuse me — it doesn’t matter if the women are portrayed as single, pregnant, want-to-be pregnant, divorced, blonde, anorexic, fat, or grannies — especially when it’s [...]
The Hope of Adele
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An American…or something… at heart
I want you to root for me. That’s the admonition Jeffrey Immelt, General Electric’s CEO, gave to 60 Minutes Leslie Stahl. Immelt is in the news because Obama appointed him to lead the task force addressing the job crisis in America. His new title? Job Czar. Unemployment hasn’t been this bad for this long since [...]
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The Art of Fame & the Decay of the Superstar
Isn’t that the age we live in – that we want to see people who have it all, lose it all? That’s the question Lady Gaga posed to Anderson Cooper in her 12 minutes of 60 minutes fame. It’s a worthy question, if you accept the premise that the Lady has it all. Gaga is, by [...]
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