Why Andy Williams Sang At Robert Kennedy’s Funeral
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Andy Williams stopped singing at funerals when he was 8 years old. A searing family tragedy and its ensuing consequences left a lifetime scar when it came to participating in memorial services. Only once in his remaining 76 years did the superstar entertainer overcome his trauma — and that was on the occasion of an […]
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Surviving A Dreadful Diagnosis
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Every year in America, 1.7 million people are diagnosed with cancer. Another 1.5 million learn they have diabetes. And 720,000 others suffer their first heart attack. As one professional athlete said, “When I left home to go to the doctor’s office I was one person. After learning I had cancer, I came home a different person. Nothing […]
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The Legacy of Lillian Hellman
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Lillian Hellman’s singular gift as a writer was the ability to reduce complex ideas into a few, profound sentences. She was incisive, not lyrical. Her eloquent brevity was on full display when the House Committee on un-American Activities subpoenaed her in February of 1952. It was the time of the “Hollywood Ten,” careers were on the line, those […]
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Seniors Face a Double Whammy in Covid-19 Struggles
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“Growing old is like being increasingly penalized for a crime you haven’t committed,” philosopher Pierre Teilhard de Chardin once remarked. Given that 80 percent of those who have died due to the effects of Covid-19 have been over the age of 65, Teilhard’s observation has never been more appropriate. These days the act of being […]
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John Wooden’s Seasons of Success Based on Power Practices
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John Wooden, the coach who won 10 NCAA basketball titles in 12 years at UCLA, did not like his nickname, “The Wizard of Westwood.” He maintained, “I’m no wizard. I’m a coach, a teacher.” During the basketball season, Wooden conducted classes from 3:29 pm until 5:29 pm in a practice gym in Westwood, California. No wizardry took […]
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