Commentary: Remember “A You’re Adorable?” by Perry Como?
Remember “A You’re Adorable?” by Perry Como? You’re a bit over the hill if you do. “‘A You’re Adorable” was a popular song with music by Sid Lippman and lyrics by Buddy Kaye and Fred Wise, published...
View ArticleCommentary: Who caused the deadly blast at the Gaza hospital?
Even though clear evidence to substantiate who bombed the Ahli Arab Hospital in Gaza City may be forthcoming, it won’t make any difference to the Israelis and Hamas. Both are dug in on who did it and...
View ArticleCommentary: How the Catholic Church might engage through use of AI in...
First, AI’s definition: It’s the theory and development of computer systems able to perform tasks that normally require human intelligence, such as visual perception, speech recognition,...
View ArticleCommentary: “Jesus Calling” author Sarah Young dies
Christianity Today reports that Sarah Young, whose book “Jesus Calling,” composed of devotional readings written in the voice of Jesus Christ, sold tens of millions of copies and spawned an...
View ArticleCommentary: What is the job of the Culture Critic?
Readers of the NBC-2.com’s Culture Critic’s column over the past five years and hundreds of entries already know what he tries to do. The NBC2 Culture Critic’s assignment is to help each of us better...
View ArticleCommentary: Good Grief in Naples
Death comes to us all, friends and family alike, doesn’t it? About this phenomenon, people sometimes people say, Good Grief, to express shock or surprise. The first known appearance of the phrase Good...
View ArticleCommentary: Anything big happen in the world on your birthday?
You might think that your birthday was quite enough. But you’d be wrong. Here’s why: The New York Times has a publication for sale that prints every front page of your birthday date from your natal...
View ArticleCommentary: A Father’s Day Wish…
“I know of nothing more worthy of a man’s ambition than that his son be the best of men.” — Plato I saw that quotation from Plato quite by accident. Our family was among the last to squeeze into the...
View ArticleCommentary: Some things change over time; others, like loss, don’t
The names of some things change over time. Loss does not. An example of change: If you lived through WW II, you’ll recall the term, ice box. In the 1940s and and earlier, an ice box was “an insulated...
View ArticleCommentary: Wisdom from scattered sources
Occasionally, as I scan other writers’ work, I form a broader view of life. I’m sure this happens to you, too. Some examples of new insight for me about art and artists, all from articles in The Times...
View ArticleCommentary: James Campbell, aka (J.C.), former TLS NB columnist
Of all the writers I’ve come across over 40 years of reviewing books and writing commentary, James Campbell, former Times Literary Critic columnist, may be my favorite. There’s a piece about Campbell...
View ArticleCommentary: Remember Eddie Fisher singing “Wish You Were Here”?
Remember Eddie Fisher singing “Wish You Were Here” in 1952? I do. I was a sophomore at Father Baker High School in Lackawanna, NY. The song engendered thoughts of pure love for me as an adolescent....
View ArticleCommentary: A Teacher Remembered…
The teaching profession across America needs great teachers now. Here is a brief reflection of one outstanding teacher, Dr. Joanne E. Langan, and educator for almost 50 years. Joanne taught English in...
View ArticleCommentary: Easter Morning
“Christ is Risen! With that glorious fact, let me welcome each of you to Easter morning services.” This is the greeting that Father Lawrence LaFrance, a retired priest in his early eighties from...
View ArticleCommentary: “A shared shrug at gun control in Washington” not acceptable
“A shared shrug at gun control in Washington.” This is the headline of an article on the front page of the NYT on 3/30/2023. Its subhead reads, “G.O.P. Is Not Budging, as Shootings Mount.” We must go...
View ArticleCommentary: Remember the song, “Half As Lovely, Twice As True”?
Remember “Half as Lovely…”? It’s one of my favorite songs because of a newer version by Seth MacFarlane (1973 – ), the American actor, animator, filmmaker, comedian and singer. Great words, nicely...
View ArticleCommentary: College Dropout; not a pretty sight
The March 19, 2023 issue of the NYT has a piece entitled “College Dropout’ in its Sunday Opinion section, p. 2., raising the alarm over the decline of enrollment in U.S. colleges. The usual suspects...
View ArticleCommentary: “Guests of the Nation” seems magical and fey in the turbulence of...
The Irish writer, Frank O’Connor (1903 – 1966) was prolific: he wrote poetry, dramatic works, memoirs, journalism, translation; nothing was foreign to his genius. An example is O’Connor’s “Guests of...
View ArticleCommentary: “A Kiss to Build a Dream On”
Remember Louis Armstrong and his rendition of “A Kiss to Build a Dream On”, recorded in 1951? “A Kiss to Build a Dream On” was composed by Bert Kalmar, Harry Ruby and Oscar Hammerstein II. Here’s how...
View ArticleCommentary: Remember the remark “When everybody’s somebody, nobody’s anybody?”
W. S. Gilbert, the English dramatist, librettist, poet and illustrator (1836 – 1911) first wrote it. Gilbert’s saying has great currency today in discussing what’s left of academic literary criticism....
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