For parents struggling to communicate with their teenage children I recommend… drum roll please… American Idol (http://www.americanidol.com.) Like many parents I am often at a loss about how to have a meaningful conversation with my 15 year old son, Kyle. He loves sports and is a promising athlete himself so he and his father never run out [...]
Archive for April, 2009
American Idol and the High School Male
Posted: April 29, 2009 in Arts and Culture, Children, Education, Media, Parenting, Random Thoughts, Television, WomenTags: Adam Lambert, Allison Iraheta, American Idol, Anoop Desai, Danny Gokey, High School, Kara DioGuardia, Kris Allen, Kyle Ewalt, Paula Abdul, Randy Jackson, Ryan Seacrest, Simon Cowell
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Therapy
Posted: April 23, 2009 in Children, Inspiration, Midlife, Parenting, Random Thoughts, WomenTags: Blair Ewalt, Death Cab For Cuties, Inspiration, Stress, Therapy
Today as we were driving in my car I was talking to my 11 year old son, Blair, about the various and sundry things that were stressing me out. He listened then told me to be patient. All of his solutions to my issues were so simple and sensible. At one point, after we passed through the [...]
5000
Posted: April 21, 2009 in Media, News, News and Views, Random ThoughtsTags: Blogging, Brian Stelter, Huffington Post, Journalism, New Media, New York Times
It’s not the Huffington Post but I’m still amazed that there have been 5000 hits to this blog since it kicked off in May 2008. I remember how giddy I was when I got my first comment and again when there were 2000 hits on the 20th of October. Read an article by Brian Stelter [...]
Acid Attacks: Juliette’s Story
Posted: April 18, 2009 in Acid Attacks, Africa, Global Poverty, Human Rights, Media, News, News and Views, Poverty, Terrorism, WomenTags: Acid Attacks, BeadforLife, Global Poverty, HDNet, Juliette, kampala, Nicholas Kristof, Terrorism, Uganda, World Report
Many of you have read the story I wrote about a courageous acid attack victim from Kampala, Uganda named Juliette on this blog. HDNet’s World Report aired an “in her own words” piece about Juliette that I produced for the show on April 14. It is a very powerful story and Juliette’s ability to forgive her attacker and [...]
BeadforLife on The Newshour
Posted: April 17, 2009 in Africa, Community Service, Global Poverty, Human Rights, Media, News, News and Views, Philanthropy, Poverty, Travel, WomenTags: Africa, BeadforLife, Global Poverty, Newshour with Jim Lehrer, Patti Parson, PBS, Rebecca Jacobsen, Uganda
Many thanks to PBS producer Patti Parson, Associate Producer Rebecca Jacobson and the folks at The Newshour with Jim Lehrer for the wonderful story they did on BeadforLife (http://beadforlife.org) on Thursday’s program. Every time the NGO gets national exposure of this kind the phones ring off the hook and more and more people join the fight [...]
Do The Right Thing
Posted: April 5, 2009 in Business, Economy, Media, NewsTags: ABC, Bollinger Insurance, Burbank, Executive compensation, Jack Windolf, Jeffrey Immelt, Len Berman, NBC, New York, Robert Iger, Spanning the World, Today Show, Walt Disney Company, WNBC
My friend, sportscaster Len Berman, got the news this past week that he was being let go from WNBC. Len is one of the most talented personalities I know. He’s been a fixture in New York sports for decades. He is witty and well respected. I actually stop what I’m doing when his “Spanning the World” segment [...]
