Free falling

GAME PLAN: Over a month ago, upon returning from a stay with my parents when my mother had had knee surgery, I arrived in Hoboken train station and approached the first available cab. I stepped off the curb on to the cobblestone street and lost my footing, somehow...

Tomorrow

Here we go. Transition time. This column marks an end and a beginning. My last for FoxBusiness.com, capping a five-year, 500-plus column run, but a fresh start for Game Plan in another way. As of next week (as always, Wednesdays and Fridays) it will be published here....

A Life in the Union Tradition

I met Kevin O’Sullivan at a mutual friend’s house on April 16, 2010. I was so struck by his loyalty and passion for IBEW Local 164 that I decided to write a Game Plan column about him, kind of providing a slice of life insight into brotherhood and what...

Barbie’s new journalism career

You know life is good when you make your living writing something this fun. I heard Barbie’s newest career, courtesy of Mattel, is journalist. The next thing I knew a dialogue with Ken was forming in my head. Out spilled references to objectivity in journalism,...

Eat Pray Love … Metamorphosis

It was exciting to see Eat Pray Love at the Ziegfeld Theatre opening night with author Elizabeth Gilbert doing a Q&A and her family and friends sitting in our section. While some of the national conversation revolves around how good (or not) an adaptation the film...