22 January 2011: We Are Our Pronouns!

Ricky Martin’s new memoir is called ME, and Oprah Winfrey’s new network is called OWN.  I cannot think of two better words to describe a society mostly obsessed with oneself and, in Oprah’s case, also with ownership. It’s now all me and mine. Gone are the days of you and yours, their and theirs, our…

7 December 2010: Oprah Opts for Dickens!

Oprah Winfrey says she has never read A Tale of Two Cities or Great Expectations, so she decided to select them for the Oprah Book Club, and viewers have until the end of January before she begins discussing the two novels by Charles Dickens on her television show. The selection of these two novels seems…