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Just the latest person to join the hoards fleeing the White House: Hope Hicks. Hope Hicks announced Wednesday that she will resign as White House communications director, citing the time-consuming nature of the position and … Read moreHope Hicks Resigns to Spend More Time Lying to Her Family
How to skirt messy election questions at holiday dinners and preserve your sanity. And now a public service announcement for all you prodigal sons and daughters making the pilgrimage back home for the annual Turkey … Read moreTips on Avoiding Holiday Heartburn
“The Meddler” — a film review by Gary Chew It was a notion of mine that The Meddler would backstory (a new verb?) as autobiographical. I was right. Lorene Scafaria’s new so-titled film — written … Read moreMovie Review: “The Meddler”
Journal entry: July 9, 1980 (age 11) – Babysitter Up until this summer, my 12-year-old brother, Dan, and I have had pretty good luck with our parents’ choice of babysitters. When we were very young, … Read moreLost Journal: Babysitter Could Child-Care Less
Journal entry: December 27, 1989 (age 20) – Empty Nest Something is terribly wrong with my mother. I’m home on Christmas break from SUNY Oswego, and I was out with some of my childhood chums … Read moreLost Journal: Mother Fills Empty Nest with Larry Bird
Journal entry: October 14, 1986 (age 17) – Career Talk My father is a hard worker and an accomplished professional. He started working and contributing to his family’s household income at the age of 12, … Read moreLost Journal: Dinner-Time Career Talk Tabled
Journal entry: May 23, 1977 (age 8) Adults are always asking me, “What do you want to be when you grow up?” My standard answer is “Taller.” (A fully formed cerebral cortex also strikes me … Read moreLost Journal: Putting Words in Someone Else’s Mouth (Reliving the McCarthy Era)
Journal entry: September 19, 2010 (age 41) – Paper Towels It was high noon when I dismounted my Honda Civic and ambled toward a lonesome cluster of buildings in the middle of no man’s land. … Read moreLost Journal: Showdown at the Paper Towel Corral
Journal entry: September 14, 1980 (age 11) – Parish Picnic Party People I’m always sorta fidgety at Mass, but this morning, I was fidgetacular. I squirmed in my seat during a particularly long letter from … Read moreLost Journal: Parish Picnic Party People
Journal entry: March 26, 1978 (age 8) – Easter “Your Easter basket fell out of the sky.” The penciled note, in my mom’s blocky print, was waiting for me on the kitchen table this morning. … Read moreLost Journal: A-Tisket, A-Tasket, an Easter Laundry Basket