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Raising kids is part joy and part guerilla warfare. — Ed Asner A few years ago I went to meet my husband Ross for lunch. He was in the midst of a 48-hour weekend Dalai Lama lecture, meaning that for two days he was listening to words of wisdom from the Tibetan spiritual leader. Ross brought some… Read more »

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When I was a little boy, my Ryan grandfather and I sat on his long York Avenue stoop and read The New York Daily News together. If he was feeling good, Pop would spring for a dime and I would run up to the newsstand on 86th Street and buy two newspapers, one for each… Read more »

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The New York Times published my indoor tackle story “When The Fire Hydrant Was The End Zone.” In 1962, the New York football Giants played fourteen games each season. Seven games at home and seven games away.  Away games were televised.  Twenty one hours of heaven.  The League blacked out home games to discourage a drop… Read more »