My mother, who died last week, taught me a valuable lesson about life — not with words, but by the way she lived.
Author Archives: Michael Levin
{FD} The only new year’s resolution you’ll need in 2019 (it will fix everything, I promise)
Let’s tell the truth about New Year’s resolutions — practically no one makes them anymore, if they ever did.
{FD} This Black Friday don’t shop, stay home and throw stuff out
From door busters to midnight specials, most of us will soon be engaged in our nation’s favorite contact sport, shopping on Black Friday. Everybody wants to know where the best bargain is and I’m going to share that information with you right now.
{FD} Call me the Thanksgiving Grinch — here are five things I’d rather be doing instead of celebrating the holiday
I hate Thanksgiving and I suspect that I’m not alone.
{FD} My daughter wants to get married – here’s the advice she never asked for
Most people dispensing marital advice either have great credentials or great marriages. After 19 years, my wife and I have a good enough relationship but I don’t think we’ll end up in the Marriage Hall of Fame. Also, I’m not a marriage counselor; nor do I play one on TV.
{FD} Michael Levin: Pittsburgh’s lessons — To be Jewish is to mourn
Families of the 11 Jews murdered in a Pittsburgh synagogue Saturday are preparing to bury their loved ones this week and begin the traditional Jewish mourning period, known as shivah.
{FD} Yom Kippur is my favorite Jewish holiday. Yes, Yom Kippur
A day of fasting and prayer, it is the one day in the year when I can stay focused on one activity and one activity only – connecting with God.
{FD} Two ugly truths I learned about myself while teaching my three teens to drive
I have three teenage children – an 18-year-old and two 16-year-old twins, and they’re all learning to drive right at the same time.
{FD} Hey, President Obama, here are 5 ideas for shows for your new Netflix deal
Netflix has struck a deal with President Obama and Michelle Obama to create original content for the video streaming service.
{FD} Daylight saving time: Spring ahead? Not this year, not this guy
This Sunday morning a few of us will saunter into church, brunch or our golf games an hour late – much to the snickers of everyone else.