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THE UNTOLD STORY OF MILITARY SEXUAL ASSAULT — from the New York Times

I read this story by Michael F. Matthews today and feel it’s important and that’s why I’m posting it here as a blog. It follows the topic of PTSD following sexual assault, the import...

THE JOY OF OLD AGE. (NO KIDDING.)

That is the title of an article in today’s (Sunday) New York Times. It’s by 80-year-old Oliver Sacks. I’m stealing it for this blog cause I, too, feel joyful. I feel joyful more ofte...

The Birth Control Solution

By NICHOLAS D. KRISTOF What if there were a solution to many of the global problems that confront us, from climate change to poverty to civil wars? There is, but it is starved of resources. It’s calle...

Stop Coddling the Super-Rich

By WARREN E. BUFFETT OUR leaders have asked for “shared sacrifice.” But when they did the asking, they spared me. I checked with my mega-rich friends to learn what pain they were expecting. They, too,...

This is pretty cool!!

Bad Food? Tax It, and Subsidize Vegetables By MARK BITTMAN WHAT will it take to get Americans to change our eating habits? The need is indisputable, since heart disease, diabetes and cancer are all in...

New York Times: Really? The Claim: Pets Can Raise a Child’s Risk of Developing Allergies

THE FACTS Many parents worry that keeping a dog or cat in the house may make a child more likely to develop pet allergies. But the scientific evidence suggests otherwise. Instead, Fido and Whiskers se...

SADNESS AND AWE

Today I am very sad. Part of the reason is expressed in Bob Herbert’s final article in today’s New York Times which you can read here. As an American who is old enough to remember differen...

MY DAY OFF

I will work with Jen Weinstein most of the day learning lines–or, I should say, re-learning lines. Later today is Oliver Elfman (Bridget Fonda and Danny Elfman’s son) turns 6 and is having...

New York Times: Body Talk

As the founder of the first World Fitness Day, which will be held in Atlanta on May 1, you will be leading what might be called the biggest gym class ever. We’re taking over the Georgia Dome, which is...