Yes, really, ‘This Is It’

When I told an acquaintance I was on my way to Manhattan to see This Is It, the just-released Michael Jackson film, I got a roll of the eyes and a shrug. “It’s just a bunch of people making money on a dead guy,” he said. OK, you know what? All the business-first...

Movie marathon

Quite a cinematic day for moi. This morning I went to see the Michael Jackson film “This Is It” with the intention of writing a Game Plan column about it.  That piece will go live on Friday, but suffice to say I loved the film and writing the column was a...

The Shriver Report

After making my way through the 400-plus pages of The Shriver Report, A Woman’s Nation Changes Everything (courtesy of Maria Shriver), I recalled an interview I had years ago with a woman who would potentially be my boss. What transpired and my thoughts now in...

Class of ’79

OK, it’s official. I’m heading to my 30th high school reunion on Thanksgiving weekend. The last one I attended was the five-year reunion, so I’d venture to say much has changed. Bound to be a hoot …

The Church today

Maureen Dowd on Catholicism and nuns in particular: The Nuns’ Story Hard pressed to say what’s more interesting, the column or the comments on the column. The six-paragraph long comment blaming Vatican II, and liberalism, for the pedophilia scandal is...