A show of hands: Who works at home? Probably everyone reading this. The reality is, almost everyone does some kind of work from home, whether catching up on work emails, telecommuting or actually running a home-based business.
Rarely does a best-selling novel both capture and define the spirit of an age, but I can think of two good examples — Philip Roth’s “Portnoy’s Complaint” and Erica Jong’s “Fear of Flying,” each of which played an iconic role in the sexual revolution of the 1970s.
The concept of a world without hate remains as powerful — and, alas, as elusive — as ever.
A month ago, we Jews were frantic over Iranian centrifuges. This month, we’re vexed by Palestinian knives.
The acclaimed Hungarian-born pianist András Schiff, a part-time London resident who was knighted last year, returns to Walt Disney Concert Hall on Oct. 18 for a recital of late works by Haydn, Beethoven, Mozart and Schubert.
Israel bristled on Thursday at U.S. suggestions it may have used excessive force to confront Palestinian stabbings, and also published hospital images it said refuted Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas\’s allegation a teen suspect had been \”executed.\”
Inside the Belmont Village Senior Living’s Westwood facility, a large, 5-by-4 canvas hangs on the wall in the third-floor hallway. It’s an abstract artwork, a complex tapestry of mostly earth tones and a varied geometric scheme of squares, cut-off triangles and shapes that fall in between.
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