Judah Friedman
For the past seven, and almost done eight years, we have been mocked, shamed and trolled, and that’s just by the President. We have been told we are racists for not agreeing, homophobes for asking. We have been assaulted on…
I have always been a wonderer, often about the mundane and the trivial and the real, but always a wonderer. What did Chivas Regal do its first 12 years, why did private men’s bathrooms have a stall and a toilet,…
For years, in the early to late ’90s, NBC ruled Thursday nights with a monstrous three-show lineup known as “must-see” TV. It was Friends, followed by garbage, then Seinfeld, followed by garbage, then of course ER followed by, well, I’ll…
We all get one vote. Not just in elections but in life. How we act, how we treat others, what television programs we watch, who and what we find attractive, what music we listen to, do we buy the more…
In the twelve-step world there is a joke: the 12 steps keep us from killing ourselves and the traditions keep us from killing each other. America is a society of rules, and America is a society of traditions. The rules…
Last week I had the pleasure of spending my New Year holiday with some very special friends. My friend’s wife cooked an extraordinary meal for a minion of husbands, wives, and their beautiful children. The meal was spent honoring the…
There was an extremely funny article in the Financial Times a few days ago, and I’m saying “funny,” rather than asinine. It was about how pollsters were having a hard time finding any “shy” Trump supporters. If you think about…
There was a brilliant Twilight Zone, and yes that’s an oxymoron since they were all brilliant. It was an episode about an empty plane that landed at an airport. The inspector who’s called in theorizes that it’s the power of…
My debate predictions are that Monday night football will have its lowest ratings ever. In America, you’re not allowed to bet on the presidential elections. If you could, just imagine all of the different betting and prop bets that would be wagered….
So here we are, 40 days and change left. One candidate who’s everywhere, and one who is playing a game of hide and seek. Come out, come out wherever you are, Hillary. I want you to think about this. Hillary…
