Category Archives: Sarah Palin

Sarah Palin’s Alaska garnered huge ratings, over 5 million viewers, a record for TLC. Last night, Karen and I curled up on the couch and watched TLC’s Sarah Palin’s Alaska. Absent is the proud vulgarity, sheer stupidity, and abusive parenting of the Housewives programs. Instead, the series lyrically explores the intersection of dazzling landscapes and […]

I don’t know about you, but when I think of West Virginia I don’t automatically think of Jews. It’s true that Jews have lived in West Virginia since 1849, but today there are only 2,335 Jews within a total population of 1,816,856. Which makes Jews 0.1 % of the West Virginia population. Not exactly an […]

So after parking in Ralphs, I reach for my shopping list and realize that I left it at home. Panic. I’m not kidding. If I walk into a grocery store without a list I end up cruising the aisles like a zombie grabbing anything and everything that looks interesting, colorful and natch, kosher. I need […]

Heidi Montag, whose dinner prayer was deeply inspiring. For the past week I’ve been doing research for a new script that was recently proposed to me by a producer. I have to decide if I’m going to accept the assignment or not. In one sense it’s a dream project, but like all scripts it presents […]

So Karen and I sat down and watched Sarah Palin on Oprah yesterday. The first thing that struck me about Sarah is how authentic and normal she is. She’s sort of like Donna Reed, a pretty mom, but definitely not glamorous or overtly sexy. Karen and I looked at each other, baffled, what’s to hate? […]