by Morning Reflections | Apr 22, 2021 | Uncategorized
Eugene Schieffelin meant well. All he wanted to do was honor his favorite playwright.The German-born immigrant – and Shakespeare obsessive – yearned to introduce to America all the birds mentioned in the Bard’s plays. At great personal expense, he imported...
by Morning Reflections | Apr 21, 2021 | Uncategorized
When I was 10 years old, the coach of my summer softball team spoke to me some of the most heartening words I have ever heard.“You have been chosen to be on the All-Star team. And the other coaches and I have been talking, and we want you to be the starting pitcher.”...
by Morning Reflections | Apr 20, 2021 | Uncategorized
Journalist Arthur Lubow called it “an icon of modern art, a Mona Lisa for our time.”If The Scream is representative of the spirit of our age, then we live in a deeply unsettling period of history. The Norwegian artist Edvard Munch never concealed his...
by Morning Reflections | Apr 19, 2021 | Uncategorized
The average American may think that the “Big Game” is the Super Bowl, the seventh game of the World Series, or that magical hoops contest back in high school when he/she won the state championship with a three-pointer at the buzzer.But the game with the greatest...
by Morning Reflections | Apr 16, 2021 | Uncategorized
(c) Getty Images “It’s all a big lie.” That’s how Wall Street icon Bernie Madoff broke the news on December 10, 2008, to his two sons that his world-renowned investment fund was actually a gigantic Ponzi scheme – the biggest financial fraud in...
by Morning Reflections | Apr 15, 2021 | Uncategorized
It seemed like such a great idea.The creators of Happy Days, America’s top-rated TV show, decided to launch their fifth season by sending the fictional Cunningham family and their closest friends to Hollywood. What adventures might ensue?Arthur Fonzarelli (“the...
