As a large portion of the world knows by now, US President Donald J. Trump and South Korean President Kim Jong-Un are set to meet in Singapore on June 12th for a summit on North Korean denuclearization. Kim has pledged that he will give up all further nuclear aspirations — while keeping his current small arsenal of nukes — in exchange for a promise by Trump not to seek regime change in North Korea.… Continue Reading
It’s a Saturday night in May around 10 p.m., and I’m chilling at home watching TV and enjoying a cold beverage. I’m kind of tired, but I’m also kind of excited, because I’ve been watching boxing on ESPN, and I really got into it.… Continue Reading
I go out for a walk in the early evening on Thursday after finishing my work for the day. I’m trying to complete a particularly important chapter of my memoir, A Generation X Life, but I keep getting stuck on the last section.… Continue Reading
I wake up around 9 am on a Wednesday in early May, and I’m feeling very rested. I’ve taken a few days off from writing, and from my website, genxchronicle.com. I also haven’t done Copper’s Corner in about a week. So it’s been nice. … Continue Reading
It’s 2:45 a.m. on a Friday in early April, and I’ve been relaxing and trying to unwind for a while now. I woke up late after staying up most of the night working, and then my friend Mitch came over to hang out in the evening.… Continue Reading
It’s been just about exactly two years since Prince died and the music world lost a legend. In recent weeks Prince’s estate has released some of his previously unreleased work. Thus includes his original version of Nothing Compares To You, which was taped at a studio in Eden Prairie, Minnesota in 1984 for The Family, his side project band at the time.… Continue Reading
As a Jewish New Yorker, I was looking forward to watching Josh Rosen play quarterback on Sundays for one of my hometown teams. But my favorite team, the NY Giants, and the other NY team, the Jets, both passed on him in Thursday’s NFL draft.… Continue Reading
Over the past few days I’ve been thinking about the future direction of my website, genxchronicle.com. We cover news, culture, and lifestyle through a Generation X lens, and we tell the stories that matter. I’ve been thinking in particular of how to take it to the next level.… Continue Reading
I wake up late on Friday morning, March 30th, my mother’s birthday. We’re going out tonight to a great Italian restaurant on the Upper West Side to celebrate. It’ll be me, my mom and my older brother Dave. I’m looking forward to it.… Continue Reading
On Sunday night I was feeling pretty good when I talked to my mom around 9:30, and she told me the James Comey interview was on ABC at 10pm. So I watched it, and here’s my take.
Comey came across as very charismatic, dynamic, sharp, intelligent, self-aware, socially progressive, and virtually morally infallible.… Continue Reading