Monthly Archives: September 2011

On September 11, 2011, the 10th anniversary of the attacks, Yahoo posted a button on the left side of their home page which said the following: PAUSE TO REFLECT I was curious so I clicked on the button. The entire page slowly faded away and, in its place, a picture of the Twin Towers peekingContinue reading “pause to remember = pause to reflect?”

Hamlet is our most infamous ambassador of indecisiveness. In his utter non-agency, others begin to question his sanity as he begins to lose his grip on reality… or at least his ability to direct his own reality. Hamlet does indeed act, but because he does so without forethought and without the conscious decision-making, he actsContinue reading “to be or not to be: making choices”

I am surprised. I have read numerous articles in the past week assessing the impact of 9/11 and how it has changed our nation. For the most part, these articles have been cynical and pessimistic concerning how things are 10 years later. Frank Rich wrote about the fractured, exploiting, downsized and downgraded America “where rampagingContinue reading “remembering 9/11 and its legacy”

I used to begin my 9th grade Honors English class with the teaching of an unlikely (yet fitting) pair of short stories — “A & P” by John Updike and “The Guest” by Albert Camus. Though decidedly different in setting and style, the two stories share the theme of making difficult individual choices in theContinue reading “i am vulnerable, therefore i am…vulnerable”

The prevalence of attention deficit disorder has rapidly increased over the past two decades. Estimates for the number of school-age kids suffering from the disorder range from 3% up to 24%. The American Deficit Disorder Association reports that one-half to two-thirds of all children who are afflicted with ADD or ADHD will continue to struggleContinue reading “span-tastic: why I write longer blog entries”

You know someone is truly an icon when she can go solely on her first name. Beyonce, Gisele, Marilyn. Such is also the case with both Julia (Child) and Martha (Stewart) — two dominant, headstrong women who took the reins and used food and cooking to become TV superstars. I hate to gender stereotype, butContinue reading “national icons: julia vs. martha”