Author: Vivian Lewis

Dear rss free blog,      This weekend we saw a classic Jacobean tragedy, The Duchess of Malfi, at an off-Bway theater on Broadway, but in Chinatown. John Webster’s drama features an evil Catholic...

— Dear rss free blog, Two people named Lewis will not be taking any salary this year. One is Ken Lewis, the soon-to-resign chief honcho at money-losing Bank of America. The other is me. I have foregone a salary because I...

       Today we begin with a lesson in Hebrew and Yiddish. You will learn two words, rachmones, meaning pity, and chutzpah, meaning arrogance. The words are the same in both Hebrew and Yiddish....

Dear rss free blog, When I was a very little girl, before I knew how to read, I was fascinated by Business Week, which my father got every Saturday by subscription. The cover was standard: a man’s face (always a man then)...

Dear rss free blog, On the morning of Columbus Day (US)/Thanksgiving Day (Can.), however briefly, my personal portfolio reached its high water mark of 2008 summer again. Canada is important, because the loonie, the local...

Dear rss free blog,   Omigosh. I am being attacked by peace-loving Vikings! Your editor goofed last week in saying that the Swedish Academy gives out the Nobel Peace Prize and is responsible for selecting Pres. Barack Obama...

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Send Some Spook this Halloween with Free Ecards from American Greetings. Funny, Talking, Animated & More! Dear rss free blog,   Frida Ghitis writes: “A few days ago I traveled to a place that, according to the...

Dear rss free blog, Everything which glitters is not gold.A rumor triggered the rise in gold prices to $1040/oz yesterday and it was nonsense. The gossip was that Middle Eastern countries wanted to price oil (black gold) in...

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