Sentence of Dave

While I was handing cash to the gas station attendant at Raceway, he made a strange request . . . he said, "Do you have any extra?...

I finally finished Watchmen , the heralded graphic novel that treats super-heroes as realistically as a Henry James novel treats conscious...

Don't expect new book reviews any time soon, as I am re-reading War and Peace . . . super-translators Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokh...

I had a hard time separating the title of this film from the catchy chorus of the similarly named Who song . . . but it only took a moment ...

I received a voice-message at work on Tuesday, which is usually something bad-- and the computerized voice said that the message was "8...

Our friends went to Disney last week and they brought the boys back some Bertie Bott's Jelly Beans from HoneyDukes Candy Store; some of...

 Whoever invented the mechanism that allows you to remove the coffee-pot while the coffee is still brewing-- so that you can have a cup bef...

Thursday night, minutes before I had to drive my kids to indoor soccer, I noticed some stray and unseemly gray hairs poking from the right ...

My wife was extremely pleased with the Jets after last week's victory, but not because she is a fan . . . her pleasure came from from t...

My editorial on charter schools was published in both the local pape r (The Sentinel) and the regional paper (The Home News/Tribune) and s...

I always assumed I was a narcissist (exhibit A: this blog) but perhaps I am wrong; Jennifer Senior's article "The Benjamin Button E...

I've been very critical of Governor Christie's treatment of teachers , so in the spirit of fair play, I'll give him some ammuni...

My wife called the new H-mart on Route 27 in Edison, " Wegmans for Koreans ," which is Donald Draper-like in its poetic brevity...

Once you wade through the nautical terms (including the most awkward word in the English language: fo'c'sle . . . and a rope splici...

My clairvoyance is well documented , so pay close attention to my Predictions for 2011 : jeans will get even tighter, the accordion will NOT...

Once again, I have written an argument against charter schools and vouchers , but this might appeal to more conservative minds, as it deals ...

Last weekend I watched Born on the Fourth of July-- and though I'm usually not an Oliver Stone fan, except for Platoon -- this film rea...

Erich Pratt, the director of communications for Gun Owners of America, recently made an interesting claim : "These politicians need to ...

Twelve years ago, my future wife and I went to the movies to see The Matrix , and during the film my future wife expressed her confusion wi...

There is nothing new I can say about the plot of Inception that isn't said here or here , but I do have a few tangentially related p...