Do you watch The Amazing Race? I love that show.  The scenery is incredible and while there is some of the back biting that plagues all reality shows, it’s not as bad as the ones where someone is trying to get a date.  It’s a show I look forward to each year. This season there was an intriguing team made up of 21 year old Jenna and her newly...

I was a little surprised to see a headline on CNN this morning that was in favor of High School reunions. I could feel my stomach curdle just thinking about it.  Why would anyone subject themselves to high school again, even just for a night?  Surely the only people who actually go to those things are the wildly successful with something to show...

From a distance, “disabled” always seemed like an innocuous word.  It was simply an adjective that described a set of physical circumstances.  It’s a word I’ve often used, never aware of its power.  But when a friend used that word to describe someone that I love I had a startling realization.  Up close, “disabled” sounds an awful...

This Sunday millions will watch as the Oscars are handed out for the eighty-second time. I will probably watch, although I find the choice of hosting duo Steve Martin and Alec Baldwin a dubious one.  Couldn’t they let Steve handle it alone? I miss Billy Crystal and his musical monologue. An article in the New York Times suggested that Oscar...