Grandparents always ask their grandchildren the same questions, so why don’t their grandchildren have a quiz of their own for Grandma and Grandpa? After telling…

Posts published by “Elaine Kendall”
A journalist and playwright, Elaine’s books of American cultural history were published by Little, Brown, Putnam and Capra; her plays by Samuel French, Smith & Kraus and Art Age. Musical plays are An American Cantata; The Would-be Diva; Isadora! and COLE and WILL: Together Again! Non-musical dramas are The Chameleon; Two Margarets; The Trial of Mata Hari and The Nominee. The “I” Word; Gun Show Follies and Secrets of the Showroom are short comedies. She has written for many national magazines; The New York Times and the LA Times. Current articles appear monthly in the aptly-named online journal The Satirist.
ANDY Jeff told me you still had some questions about our TSX 400. I’m the infotainment professor, and I’ll try to answer them all. I’m…
Weary of the continental breakfast of four tablespoons of orange juice, a tiny pot of coffee, a huge pitcher of steaming milk and the daily…
Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall. Humpty Dumpty had a great fall. All the king’s horses and all the king’s men Couldn’t put Humpty Dumpty…
Think about it for a moment. Primitive man didn’t pack. Once he had found and killed his target, he ate the insides and wore the…
After experience with Basic Travlish, everyone knows a “cozy” hotel room is big enough for a pair of leprechauns; that a “centrally located” establishment is…
A recent addition to the New York Times is a heartwarming weekly list on page 2 of the paper. The Week in Good News poses…
Of course, anyone can follow the excellent examples available from government officials, but individual circumstances need original falsehoods. The first step is to list all…
Rock concerts are so over! Totally. They’re just too 20th century. Most operas were written way back in the 19th, but they seem brand-new compared…
What can be about 6 feet tall, weigh more than a Honda sedan and turn up in the news for a month or more? (Hint).…
GEORGE WASHINGTON “Government is not reason; it is not eloquence; it is force! Like fire, it is a dangerous servant and a fearful master.” NOW…
We’re having a very special party in the Rose Garden. The date isn’t finally set just yet, but we’re reading applications now. Send us a…
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