We may be a Prozac Nation, but the more important point is we are a Gun Nation. I have been on SSRIs since their inception and never once had the urge to go on a rampage and shoot down innocent| Envisioning The American Dream
First, they came for the Latinos; now, they are coming for the Woodstock Generation! Recently, Steven Miller mocked the DC protestors demonstrating against the federalization of the DC police, refe…| Envisioning The American Dream
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My mother had two sisters, but grew up with only one. An annual tradition for me as a child was visiting my mother’s family cemetery in Ridgewood, Queens. This cemetery,y where my great grandparents are buried, was also the final| Envisioning The American Dream
G Virginia Giuffre: “I was instructed to get undressed and have sex with Jeffrey Epstein while Ghislaine Maxwell was participating as well. Both of them. I was abused by Ghislaine and Epstein.” Whi…| Envisioning The American Dream
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A satirist is necessary for the health of society. Especially when that society is as toxic as ours is. CBS may have pulled the plug on one of our vital life supports, but truths will prevail. South Park got it| Envisioning The American Dream
Many moons ago, Native Americans were on the warpath over the use of the offensive name Redskins for a football team. Woke Americans changed it to the Washington Commanders. Now, our long national nightmare will soon be over if Trump| Envisioning The American Dream
With the death of Connie Francis, her signature song “Where the Boys Are” keeps playing through my head. For some reason, that song takes up a lot of real estate in my already cluttered…| Envisioning The American Dream
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Even as the sun seems to be setting on American democracy, there are moments of pure light that connect us. Today, when life in these United States feels fraught with fear, divisiveness, and anxiety, a small exchange I had this past| Envisioning The American Dream
There is little to celebrate this July 4th. This July 4th its mourning in America. I cry for our country. I cry for the millions who will lose the safety nets so primal to being an American. I cry that| Envisioning The American Dream
“The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little.” — FDR, Inaugural Address, January 20, 1937. These core| Envisioning The American Dream
In Your Dreams Next to Rock Hudson, Liberace was Sue Ellen Wolinski’s absolute dream date. Liberace was just so fabulously different from any other fellows she had ever met. A wonderful pianist, ye…| Envisioning The American Dream
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The news of the death of teen idol Bobby Sherman yesterday finally surpassed all the Trump posts on my social media feed as women of a certain age lamented the passing of their first crush. And gay…| Envisioning The American Dream
Gilbert, the happy-go-lucky golden retriever who lost his life as a result of the tragic shootings in Minnesota, could have been a pal of Moes. With his big grin and sparkly eyes, I could envision …| Envisioning The American Dream
Neither snow nor rain nor gloom of night would keep me and thousands of others from protesting against Donald Trump this Saturday in the No Kings Day Of Defiance. New Yorkers shrugged off the pel…| Envisioning The American Dream
We don’t do kings in America, Donald! Just ask Mad King George III how that turned out for him. And this Saturday, we are going to let you know. Bigly In one day, millions of Americans are going to…| Envisioning The American Dream
Little Donnie sees a parade What a big day for Little Donnie He will have a parade, too. He will have a children’s parade. Donnie saw a parade. Donnie wants big toys in his parade. Big shiny …| Envisioning The American Dream
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I woke up with Moe on the mind. My dog Moe, was not the first Moe in my life. The Three Stooges notwithstanding, the only other Moe I ever knew was my father’s law partner, who unknowingly was inst…| Envisioning The American Dream
There was a time, and not so long ago, I would walk into my synagogue for Shabbat services, and be greeted at the entrance by other well-dressed members of the congregation who would smile and gre…| Envisioning The American Dream
Like many American girls, ten-year-old Kimberly Gleason of Minnesota quietly accepted that she’s only getting two dolls for Christmas this year. This year her president told her the country of Matt…| Envisioning The American Dream
With Mother’s Day coming up, a new poignancy is added to the loss and destruction of my former gardens. The image of the rose-covered arbor that came up in the Facebook memories brings with it a de…| Envisioning The American Dream
At this time of year, my former beautiful garden in my former home appears as random pop-up memories on Facebook as it did yesterday. It startles, a poignant but at times painful reminder of the be…| Envisioning The American Dream
I’ve now lived long enough to have seen the very first Catholic President installed in the White House and now the first Pope. As of a few days ago, orange smoke has apparently filled the sky above…| Envisioning The American Dream
Within the past 100 days, the word unthinkable has been uttered every day. The America I once knew is being destroyed by an authoritarian whose total disregard for the Constitution is a blitzkrieg…| Envisioning The American Dream
Trolling Donnie 2 Dolls and his dumb doll decree! In his usual tone deaf manner, our billionaire president says he’s not concerned about our trade war with China and the impending tariffs. “Well m…| Envisioning The American Dream
Can we go back to the fact that someone tried to kill Governor Josh Shapiro on Passover? Where is the outrage? Where is the activism? Does anyone really believe the Trump administration cares about…| Envisioning The American Dream
In the plant world, the lowly dandelion feels like “the other,” an unwanted migrant who must be banished from sight. At their first appearance each spring, their biodiversity is shunned by many, qu…| Envisioning The American Dream
In deep red MAGA country, Suffolk County, New York, over a thousand Americans stood shoulder to shoulder on Saturday afternoon to protest Donald Trump and reclaim their democracy. It felt good to …| Envisioning The American Dream
Pope Francis was not of my faith, but his compassion spoke to me spiritually. He inspired so many beyond the Catholic Church. I had faith in his ability to speak out for the marginalized. For immig…| Envisioning The American Dream
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Bring my art into your home and your lifestyle. Order a museum-quality archival print framed or unframed, or apply one to a ceramic mug, perfect to enjoy your morning cup of Joe with. Wear this one…| Envisioning The American Dream
If the seed of the American Dream was planted during the dark days of the Depression, germinated at the New York Worlds Fair of 1939, it was nurtured and cultivated during the sacrifices and depriv…| Envisioning The American Dream
For over half a century, Americans soaring confidence had always promised a sugar-frosted future filled with frost free fun and abundance and economic prosperity. But that Buoyant bubble of optimis…| Envisioning The American Dream
Though it would be my parents generation, those who lived through the Great Depression and later rolled up their collective sleeves, pitched in and sacrificed for the greater good in their fight …| Envisioning The American Dream
American Dream Foreclosed Whether a split level or a McMansion, the American Home has been the very embodiment of the American Dream. Once the mark of achievement, the suburban home was a solid inv…| Envisioning The American Dream
The calendar says today is 17 years since my mother passed away. The yahrzeit candle I lit last night confirms that. Yet, as so many of you understand, it feels surreal for it to be that many years…| Envisioning The American Dream
With butterflies in my stomach, last Saturday I sat in the darkened theatre at the Cinema Arts Centre, a storied theatre in Huntington, Long Island, waiting for my short, deeply personal film “Perp…| Envisioning The American Dream
Today I turn seventy, a number Hallmark decrees a milestone based on the number of greeting cards there are. I’ve moved through all my significant birthdays pretty smoothly. Thirty was a breeze, …| Envisioning The American Dream
If you had to flee your home in an instant, what would be the one object you absolutely had to take with you? In a recent Zoom with friends, whose lives have been touched by the recent natural cata…| Envisioning The American Dream
Watch out Jerry Saltz. There’s a new art critic in town, and he’s nasty Donald Trump who likely hasn’t been inside an art gallery or museum for over half a century – if ever- has gone o…| Envisioning The American Dream
I am now breaking into old childhood piggy banks in search of vintage coins that might be worth money. This is how terrified I am of losing social security. Not to mention the crashing stock market…| Envisioning The American Dream
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Oh, Canada, we the people of America never wanted this breakup. Our commitment to Canada was once something unshakeable. True Blue. Literally written in stone. John F. Kennedy famously defined the …| Envisioning The American Dream
Ukrainian blood runs through me. As does Russian blood. I am a descendent of Eastern European Jews. Centuries of shifting borders and maps redrawn create ambiguity over nationalities. But never ove…| Envisioning The American Dream
Today on International Women’s Day, along with the bravery of the Ukrainian women, I would be remiss if I didn’t also honor my mother-in-law Eva Katz. When I look in the faces of the yo…| Envisioning The American Dream
How many of us of a certain age were admonished as children to “clean their plates” at mealtime because “people were starving in Europe.” Wasting food was sinful. Images of shivering, hungry, bone…| Envisioning The American Dream
Eek! It’s a Transgender Mouse! Coming out of the closet, meet Annie, one of the transgender mice Trump claims we are spending millions of dollars on creating. This once-manly mouse named Andy was r…| Envisioning The American Dream
Last night Donald Trump came out locked and loaded with lethal lies. He spewed out his toxic partisan dribble and delusions with the rat-a-tat-tat speed of a Tommy Gun showering his vile words acro…| Envisioning The American Dream
For several months, my collage “Ambassador of Peace- We are Friends” hung at the Hecksher Museum of Art. When I went to pick up my piece at the end of the show last week, it was with a very heavy h…| Envisioning The American Dream
Putin has done what the Soviets long dreamed of accomplishing- a Russian-controlled puppet placed in the White House. The vodka must be flowing in hell as Joseph Stalin and Nikita Khrushchev are g…| Envisioning The American Dream
What will it take? I am sickened to the core. I can’t help but wonder what my brother-in-law who voted for Trump, a man whose parents and brother were Holocaust survivors, whose grandparents, aunt…| Envisioning The American Dream
On a Saturday night filled with the canned laughter of classic comedies like The Jeffersons, Mary Tyler Moore, Bob Newhart, and Carol Burnett, the October 11 appearance of a live broadcast with irr…| Envisioning The American Dream
You are about to enter another dimension. A dimension not only of sight and sound but of mind. Next stop, the Twilight Zone Submitted for your approval, one Sally Edelstein age 69 artist writer see…| Envisioning The American Dream
Wokeness caused the crash? Trump blaming DEI policies and Democrats for the tragic crash at Ronald Reagan Airporth has understandably left many speechless For those in need of words…..| Envisioning The American Dream
She has stayed away from the spotlight leading a life of service with dignity, integrity, and reserve. One of the most recognizable names in America, we rarely see or hear her voice. Now Caroline K…| Envisioning The American Dream
To those deniers of the Holocaust: There is no denying that these members of my husband Hershel’s family lives were taken too early. There is no denying that none of them would ever enjoy growing o…| Envisioning The American Dream
I haven’t witnessed so much whitewashing since Tom Sawyer conned his hapless friends to paint a rickety wooden fence for him. But this time it is Donald Trump and his cohort of spineless Republican…| Envisioning The American Dream
Although I vowed a blackout in watching Trump’s inauguration, the pull to bear witness to history was too great. It was impossible for me to not watch history as it unfolded in real-time. Eve…| Envisioning The American Dream
Although I vowed a blackout in watching Trump’s inauguration, the pull to bear witness to history was too great. It was impossible for me to not watch history as it unfolded in real-time. Eve…| Envisioning The American Dream
Today is a day of no TV for me. On Inauguration Day, 2025 my TV goes dark. Other than 2017, for over 50 years I have watched with pride every televised presidential swearing-in. Whether on …| Envisioning The American Dream
Even when it comes to the American flag, Donald Trump just has to have his way with her. Flags will now fly at full-staff at the Capitol for Trump’s inauguration despite President Bidens orders for…| Envisioning The American Dream
Before Joe hands over the keys to the White House on January 2oth, he’s flashing the warning lights. In his final speech from the Oval Office, Joe Biden did not tell America to stand back and…| Envisioning The American Dream
