Lev Raphael's Blog, page 20

Best-selling Author Isn't Happy

Best-selling Author Jennifer Weiner Isn't Happy

Leonardo DiCaprio Will Play a Persian Poet. Seriously?

Leonardo DiCaprio Plays a Persian Poet?

Are Pulitzer Winners Always Worth Reading?

I was at a dinner of publishing professionals recently when a book came up that I said I hadn't enjoyed. The response was: "It won the Pulitzer."

Donald Trump Talks Like a Loser

How Anthony Wiener Could Have Saved His Career

Imagine how different his career would have been Anthony Weiner had fessed up to his raunchy tweets right away and used some of that caustic New York wit he was famous for.

G.I.s Saved My Father from the Nazis

In early April 1945, my father was packed into a train with 2,500 other prisoners from Bergen-Belsen as the Nazis insanely tried to keep British and American troops from rescuing them. The train was made up of 45 cars with their doors sealed shut; the crowding was horrific and of course there was no food or water.

G.I.s Saved My Father from the Nazis

In early April 1945, my father was packed into a train with 2,500 other prisoners from Bergen-Belsen as the Nazis insanely tried to keep British and American troops from rescuing them. The train was made up of 45 cars with their doors sealed shut; the crowding was horrific and of course there was no food or water.




In the chaos of war, this hellish train wandered for a week and finally stopped not far from the Elbe because the commander couldn't get clearance to move across that river with...

How CNN Helps Spoil Our Elections

There are lots of pretty faces on that major news network, but not much thoughtfulness or insight for anyone following the race for the presidency.

It's not just the typical obsession with who's ahead and who's behind moment-to-moment, or the endless broadcasting of political goofs and wondering how they might "play." Or even the constant comparison of politics to sports in their metaphors.

CNN on air is a bullshit factory. It's kept repeating the lie that Sanders supporters threw chairs in...