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Jim Tortolano’s Retorts: Good and bad holiday traditions
Posted on December 9, 2011 | No Comments“It’s coming on Christmas. they’re cutting down trees Putting up lots of reindeer, Singing songs of joy and peace …” Joni Mitchell’s melodic memoir of feeling lonely at Christmas remains... -
Jim Tortolano’s Retorts: Who are the guardians guarding?
Posted on November 28, 2011 | No CommentsIf you’re shocked by the scandalous news and accusations coming out of Penn State, you’re like almost everyone in the nation. If you’re shocked at how the reports of alleged... -
Jim Tortolano’s Retorts: Steve was smart,but…
Posted on November 11, 2011 | No CommentsSteve Jobs was a man easy to admire, or be jealous of, but not necessarily to love. He was arrogant, pushy, confident, courageous and annoying. He created or revolutionized the... -
Jim Tortolano’s Retorts: There’s a soccer born every minute
Posted on November 2, 2011 | No CommentsLooking at something and imagining what else it might be is at the heart of creation and invention. Everyone from high-tech visionaries to hair-dressers get involved in this and the... -
Jim Tortolano’s Retorts: Be selfish, help others
Posted on October 26, 2011 | No CommentsOne of the first things that you learn in kindergarten or pre-school or even from your parents (if you have siblings) is the value of sharing. Sharing your toys, your... -
Jim Tortolano’s Retorts: I draft, therefore I am
Posted on October 19, 2011 | No CommentsSome people turn their noses up at America’s obsession with football, but the truth is there are many deep, philosophical lessons to be learned from our nation’s sweatiest sport. Even... -
Jim Tortolano’s Retorts: Will we miss redevelopment?
Posted on September 22, 2011 | No CommentsThere’s an old Marine saying: “It’s easy to be hard, but it’s hard to be smart.” Or to put it another way, simple (or simplistic) answers to problems can often... -
Jim Tortolano’s Retorts: What makes a real hero?
Posted on September 15, 2011 | No CommentsIf I look up in the sky, I may see a bird, or a plane, but I won’t see a Superman. In a nation wracked by cultural and political division... -
Jim Tortolano’s Retorts: Campaign 2012
Posted on September 7, 2011 | No CommentsBelieve it or not, the 2012 presidential campaign is well underway and we are only a few months away with being dipped into politics up to the eyebrows. If you’re... -
Jim Tortolano’s Retorts: The truth hurts, really
Posted on August 25, 2011 | No CommentsThere is no gain without pain. That’s what I keep telling myself after my recent “fact-finding” trip to a massage parlor. I really took one for the team. Actually, it...
