John Cheever is today known as a master of short fiction, the writer who mapped a suburban landscape of privileged, wistful souls. But this mantle was not entirely what he hoped for. "I want to write short stories like I want to fuck a chicken," he declared in the late 1940s, shortly before churning...

The Hebrew Christians were struggling and were ready to 'throw in the towel'. The persecutions were too much, the slander was too much, the difficulties of maintaining their profession of faith was too much. The author of Hebrews (lets call him Paul), comes along and he says, 'brothers, sisters, hol...

Suspect, 54, admitted to purchasing pornographic video from undercover agents last April....

Newsweek says so, as the global downturn is doing what activists couldn’t - closing dirty factories. Via The Atlantic. It is no coincidence that some of the dirtiest industrial operations are falling victim to the global recession. Over the past two decades, much of the world’s manufactu...

BPA Free is a new running Greenthinkers feature where we discuss BPA, link to BPA-related pieces in the news, and also discuss and review all the BPA-free products you can handle. Enjoy your new BPA-free life. It’s no secret that we’re fans of Aladdin products. These are good people who ...

Words are amazing.  They can heal and they can hurt.  They can encourage and discourage.  They can make you feel safe and they can make you feel insecure.  Words are hard to master. As I have thought about the impact and effectiveness of words this week I have wre...

The news shook us like a thunderclap: banking-lawyer-extraordinaire H. Rodgin Cohen is being considered for a high-ranking role in the Treasury Department. A move would likely mean a departure — at least for now — from Sullivan & Cromwell, where the legendary Cohen has hung his hat ...

Good news: the U.S. military has found a new way to get supplies to Afghanistan, after being kicked out of a crucial base in Central Asia. Bad news: that new route means shipping goods, by rail, through Russia. Earlier this week, the U.S. military opened a new supply route to Afghanistan, sending a ...

Here I am again, in the office warming up my butt in this black leather seat. It’s my day off, right?  And I am suppose to go outdoor for my photoshoot routine.  But… what am I doing here in the office?   Dahh… it’s too complicated to explain.  I just need to finish many...

Last week the Torah gave a detailed account of the structure of the Temple. This week, the Torah portion of Tetzaveh further discusses different elements relating to the Temple and its service. Primarily, the parshah describes the garments of the high priest (also including the garments of the ordin...