Hey Jimmy Fallon – s’up?

Some of those who call themselves conservatives don’t seem to want to share the country with a portion of us who have grown up thinking we are all American.

The philosophy driving the Supreme Court is essentially founded on the concept of the Unitary Executive.

New York State has consistently blocked the construction of new pipelines to allow for the transportation of gas. The state Department of Environmental Conservation has rejected new gas pipeline construction on the grounds that it would harm water quality.

If you look at what’s on the shelves at airport bookstores, you figure most folks pick travel reading material that gives their mind a getaway, too. I wish I could be that person. But I inevitably find myself picking out something that I figure will help me catch up with what I should have learned a long time ago. Time away is a perfect opportunity for self-betterment, right?

In the Mary Zimmerman play “Metamorphosis” humans are frail and their gods are petty.

On several evenings last week I was doing what I arguably do best. I was sitting on our deck at sunset enjoying a vodka on the rocks with a beer chaser, nibbling on curried cashews and alternately reading about the demise of democracy on my phone and watching the occasional jet fly by high overhead.

I believe the government shutdown is analogous to a major labor dispute --- say between the United Auto Workers and General Motors that results in a strike.

Shakespeare & Company presents Celebrating Jewish Plays, an immersive weekend of staged readings held over the holiday weekend today through Sunday at its Lenox, Mass., campus.

As a child of a certain era in Texas, I grew up on a certain brand of country music. Kenny Rogers, Alabama, the Oak Ridge Boys. I listened to Dolly Parton before she was retro cool.