Jim Leff's Slog

In Hudson Valley, with three inches of snow fallen and eleven to go, I'm hearing two or three explosive snaps of big tree trunks per min...

I've touched up my massive rant against Panera (and everything else evil in our society). It reads a lot better now. If you've neve...

It ends in huffy hyperbole (eroding the power of the piece, which otherwise is wisely cool and factual), and describes what most of us recog...

It's a horrendous recession, everyone's unemployed, their homes underwater or teetering on foreclosure, but, man, just try to get an...

I once was a writer ( entertaining examples ). Nine books as author, coauthor, or contributor, columns for Newsday and NY Press (back when i...

Google says "thnaks" appears 1,900,000 times on the Internet. Phew! I'm incredibly thnakful for the validation....

Photos I'd fallen rapturously in love with Portugal on my first trip to Lisbon. My nights were spent playing jazz in a local club, but a...

Coconut water's a big craze right now. I've tried many brands, and they all taste more or less the same. But I just discovered Taste...

I'd like to try to discuss the thing about Steve Jobs that everyone's dancing around - the thing Jobs himself danced around on the f...

Here's the problem with finding oneself middle-aged yet still feeling youthful and pliant: As you keep appearing older and older, the ...