Here is a recent comment we received from an Older and Weiser reader. Resolved: “mistakes were made.”
-Blog Editor
In times of crisis, acting dumb or sneaky is a risky strategy
Mistakes were made. Maybe you heard about it. The phrase has been a particular favorite – especially among politicians – for some time now.
President Richard Nixon used [...]
At the urging of a dear friend, Joel Sneider, Julie and I went to see the latest offering from the Coen Brothers, A Serious Man.
I had heard a lot about the film as a parable of the biblical Book of Job and its depiction of 1960s Jewish life in America. At the very least, [...]
My son, Brian, will be married this Saturday, a happy occasion on all counts. In the year since he and Emily announced their engagement, I have been learning about my role in their wedding as “father of the groom.”
My daughter was married about 18 months ago and being the “father of the bride” was a [...]
Yesterday, the Chicago Tribune printed two op-ed columns concerning the intense debate over health care reform. One of these columns was written by Michael Weiser and the other was written by U.S. Senator Roland Burris of Illinois.
From Michael Weiser:
“For 30 years I owned a small consulting firm headquartered in Chicago (for most of its years [...]
On Monday evening, Julie and I went to the New York premiere of the feature-length documentary “After the Storm.” The film follows a group of Broadway performers and producers who move to New Orleans in the months after Hurricane Katrina and take on the job of revitalizing the St. Mark’s Community Center. They stage [...]