Category Archives: American Way

My Father Danced with Iris Apfel When No One Else Would

Eighty-eight years ago at a high school mixer, while the gym floor was crowded with couples dancing, my 15-year-old father Marvin kept his eye on another 15-year-old,  a shy female friend leaning alone against the gymnasium wall. They were neighborhood

My Father Danced with Iris Apfel When No One Else Would

Eighty-eight years ago at a high school mixer, while the gym floor was crowded with couples dancing, my 15-year-old father Marvin kept his eye on another 15-year-old,  a shy female friend leaning alone against the gymnasium wall. They were neighborhood

Katie’s Krazy Kaffee Klatch

Sitting around the comfortable kitchen table with America’s newest favorite housewife Katie Britt shooting the breeze, was intended to make you feel you were spending time with a familiar folksy neighbor. Which it might have been if you happened to

Katie’s Krazy Kaffee Klatch

Sitting around the comfortable kitchen table with America’s newest favorite housewife Katie Britt shooting the breeze, was intended to make you feel you were spending time with a familiar folksy neighbor. Which it might have been if you happened to

Joe Biden’s Home Run

Joltin Joe came out swinging last night in the well of Congress.  President Biden hit one home run after another in a mind-blowing short amount of time. It was breathtaking to watch. I’ll come out and say it -Joe Biden

Joe Biden’s Home Run

Joltin Joe came out swinging last night in the well of Congress.  President Biden hit one home run after another in a mind-blowing short amount of time. It was breathtaking to watch. I’ll come out and say it -Joe Biden

Lois Lane Black Like Me

Imagine today an award-winning white reporter from a big city newspaper posing as an African American for an investigative piece. Would New York Times journalist Maggie Haberman be willing to don blackface in the hopes of scoring a Pulitzer prize?

Lois Lane Black Like Me

Imagine today an award-winning white reporter from a big city newspaper posing as an African American for an investigative piece. Would New York Times journalist Maggie Haberman be willing to don blackface in the hopes of scoring a Pulitzer prize?

Donald Trump‘s Great Fall

  I’ve been counting down the days for Trump’s Big Fall, ever since I portrayed him tumbling from great heights in a collage I created about New York City decades ago. New Yorkers have been waiting nearly half a century

Donald Trump‘s Great Fall

  I’ve been counting down the days for Trump’s Big Fall, ever since I portrayed him tumbling from great heights in a collage I created about New York City decades ago. New Yorkers have been waiting nearly half a century

Never Surrender

Trump may have yet another legal battle on his hands. Copyright infringement looms in the future. A line of “Never Surrender” fashion likely already exists. I’m certain a savvy Prime Minister Winston Churchill was quick to market a  Churchill line

Never Surrender

Trump may have yet another legal battle on his hands. Copyright infringement looms in the future. A line of “Never Surrender” fashion likely already exists. I’m certain a savvy Prime Minister Winston Churchill was quick to market a  Churchill line

A Con Sneaks into Sneaker Con

High tops or top hats. It’s your choice for Presidents Day. In the “Can you top this department for Chutzpah,” the former Executive Chief and grifter extraordinaire Donald Trump offered up a line of iconic presidential footwear wear just in

A Con Sneaks into Sneaker Con

High tops or top hats. It’s your choice for Presidents Day. In the “Can you top this department for Chutzpah,” the former Executive Chief and grifter extraordinaire Donald Trump offered up a line of iconic presidential footwear wear just in

New York Justice

New Yorkers have waited decades for this day. $354.9 million reasons “I LOVE NY!”

New York Justice

New Yorkers have waited decades for this day. $354.9 million reasons “I LOVE NY!”

Trump to NATO Nyet

When Donald Trump encourages Russia to attack our NATO Allies there should be more than a red flag. When it comes to danger as well as derangement we are at Def Con 1. Is anyone surprised that Trump has no

Trump to NATO Nyet

When Donald Trump encourages Russia to attack our NATO Allies there should be more than a red flag. When it comes to danger as well as derangement we are at Def Con 1. Is anyone surprised that Trump has no

Shots Fired- Life In These United State

What’s more all-American than a hometown victory parade for a Superbowl football team? A mass shooting. Once more #shooting is trending on X. Once more the shame of America is laid bare for the world to see. Our children can’t

Shots Fired- Life In These United State

What’s more all-American than a hometown victory parade for a Superbowl football team? A mass shooting. Once more #shooting is trending on X. Once more the shame of America is laid bare for the world to see. Our children can’t