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By Ellis Henican and Sam Hollander
“It’s News to Us”
SILLY SEASON SERENADE LEVI, JACKO, JON & US
“Kiss This One Goodbye,” Ellis Henican Column, Newsday, September 6, 2009
Come Tuesday, things will all be different.
Come Tuesday, the unofficial end of summer, sanity will again prevail.
But for one last weekend, the silly season will still be with us. For one last, glorious weekend, summer will proudly reign.
Michael Jackson will refuse to leave the [...]
ORGANIC: HEALTH FOOD …OR TRENDY RIP-OFF
Is Organic Any Healthier?” Ellis Henican Sunday Column, Newsday, August 2, 2009
Are shoppers demanding refunds at the greenmarket?
Not yet. But wait.
Over the past 15 years, the organic grocery business has gone from quirky outlier to “Do you love your family or not?” Across the country and around the world, millions pay extra at the checkout [...]
TAKE MY SEAT, PLEASE! POLITE IN THE SUBWAY
“Etiquette Enforcement,” Ellis Henican Blog, “The Huffington Post,” June 24, 2009
The Metropolitan Transportation Authority has officially decided we’re not polite enough.
They should know, right?
These are the people who have done so much to coarsen the local language with expressions like “The train will be moving shortly” (yeah, right!) and “I have no idea how to [...]
HAPPY DECEPTION DAY YOU’RE NOT MY PARENTS
“Deception No Present on Father’s Day,” Ellis Henican Sunday Column, Newsday, June 21, 2009
It’s the Father’s Day mystery that may never be solved.
No, not what happened to Steven Damman, the toddler whose disappearance from East Meadow in 1955 spurred a massive national child hunt. With luck, persistence and a few long memories, the real answer [...]
CHANGING THE WORLD EVERY 140 CHARACTERS
“140-Character World Changers,” Ellis Henican Column, am/New York, June 19, 2009, page 4
Why should Iranian election protesters have all the Twitter fun? Can’t other world events be hijacked, one 140-character outburst at a time?
Sure, they can. And soon they will be. Every day, it gets a little bit harder to tell the
social-networking Twittersphere from so-called [...]