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 [...]

HE’S BAD! HE’S BAD! WHY HIDE IT NOW?

“In Death, Jacko’s Flaws ‘Beat It,’” Ellis Henican Sunday Column, Newsday, June 28, 2009, p. 2
Never speak ill of the freshly dead.
So deeply embedded is that dictum, people attend funerals of relatives they hated and priests deliver eulogies for mobsters and hoods.
Well, watch as the dictum is tested now.
Michael Jackson was a talented but [...]

Stormy, Pundit

From “Sealab 2021″
Ellis Henican as Derek “Stormy” Waters

Stormy Waters, Pundit
“Sometimes, you can’t keep quiet any longer.”