By Patrick Vecchio I am waiting to see if—no, make it how—the Tea party and other way-right-leaning Republicans react to this week’s barely-qualifies-as-news that TV journalist/personality Anderson Cooper admitted he is gay. […]
Nota Bene #117: Wake Up!
“Hollywood is so crooked that Mafia gangsters are entirely outclassed and don’t stand a chance. People in Hollywood are smarter. They have more sophisticated knowledge of money and deals and how to […]
Nota Bene #105: The Illustrated Dick
“When all you are becomes defined as the amount of information traceable to you, what are we then? What have we become, in a world where there is no separation, no door, […]
Andre Agassi: What a rich man's discontent can teach us all about living an authentic life
They say money can’t buy happiness. The same also goes for celebrity, and even the status that accompanies being among the best in the world at your profession. We’ve had ample demonstration […]
Always look on the bright side of life
Some say that the glass is half-full. Some are ruefull that it is half-empty. The bitter truth remains: the stupid glass is twice as big as it needs to be. Optimist. Pessimist. […]
Write "Love" and live on
“Write ‘love’ on your forearm,” my student’s message said. It seemed an odd request, but it came from someone I admired and respected, and so I read on. To write “love” on […]
"Hello. My name is Pat. I have bi-polar disorder."
By Patrick Vecchio I sit on the couch. K sits in a high-backed chair, listening, asking questions, commenting, taking notes. She dresses in black and wears her shoulder-length black hair pulled back. […]
No country for the middle class: Scenes from an economic disaster
By Martin Bosworth I recently had the pleasure of seeing “No Country For Old Men,” the Oscar-winning adaptation of Cormac McCarthy’s novel of a drug deal gone bad and how one man’s […]
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