The publication of SALA’S GIFT in Czech was a cause for celebration; that I was there to celebrate in Prague made it all the more wonderful. I had a wonderful three days of meetings and interviews through the efforts of Mlada Fronta, my Czech publisher.  I loved working with Tony Koci and Magdalena Potměšilová. We [...]

New York City Council Speaker Christine Quinn delivered her “State of the City Address” at City Hall yesterday and included quite a few favorable references to CUNY, calling for a properly funded University and a residential honors college. I don’t even mind having my name misspelled.  More important to get MACAULAY right! Here’s her reference [...]

Seven live Super Bowls…some of my favorite moments: Asking head of Broadcasting Val Pinchbeck, the night before the game, if he could add another camera on the field for superbowl.com:  he nearly killed me. Suing, then working with Mark Cuban on the first online audio broadcast, which we did in multiple languages on broadcast.com, or [...]

THAT is no country for old men. The young In one another’s arms, birds in the trees – Those dying generations – at their song, The salmon-falls, the mackerel-crowded seas, Fish, flesh, or fowl, commend all summer long Whatever is begotten, born, and dies. Caught in that sensual music all neglect Monuments of unageing intellect. [...]