Why Flannery O’Connor Matters Today

On the season finale last year of ABC’s hit drama “Lost,” alert viewers would have noticed that the mysterious character, Jacob (Mark Pellegrino), was reading the book Everything That Rises Must Converge. The tome is a collection of short stories by the American Catholic novelist, Flannery O’Connor who was born in Savannah, Ga. March 25, 1925 [...]

Urban Mystic at the Crossroads

The worst riots in urban U.S. history, or civil unrest as some prefer to call them, erupted on April 29, 1992, a reaction to the acquittal of four white Los Angeles policemen for using excessive force in apprehending a black motorist, Rodney King. Racism and brutality, the lack of opportunities, poverty, historical and current official [...]

Ruby returns to Style

Now that Ruby Gettinger has returned to the Style Network  for Season 2 of her amazing life-changing story, I wanted to direct you to the interview I did with her last year. She is a lovely woman with a story of courage. Weight-loss is a challenge but it is possible. As a Jenny Craig-er myself who [...]