Sugar-Coated Dissent
I realize that I risk becoming a cliche when I cry over the first notes of John Lennon's "Imagine" -- that song plucks the same chord in me as it does for progressive, idealistic do-gooders all over the world.
I realize that I risk becoming a cliche when I cry over the first notes of John Lennon's "Imagine" -- that song plucks the same chord in me as it does for progressive, idealistic do-gooders all over the world.
Amy Chan | Posted 05.07.2012
Imagine your life if you were to change some of the patterns that hold you back. Imagine if you made better decisions instead of repeating the same negative habits.
Posted 02.09.2012
Conspiracy theorists came out of the woodwork after a massive explosion erupted south of St. Petersburg, Russia, on Monday, causing wild speculation a...
Carol Smaldino | Posted 03.02.2012
On the Channel 4, WNBC New Year's Eve extravaganza a few minutes before midnight, Cee Lo Green sang -- instead of "No religion too" -- "all religions true," and it's so not okay
Carol Smaldino | Posted 02.04.2012
For those of us who are both afflicted and blessed by the tendency to feel deeply about people and things, we may find ourselves very conflicted about the flurry of expectations for us to spend money and experience joy for the "holidays."
Posted 12.17.2011
While the video of Herman Cain singing his own version of John Lennon's immortal "Imagine" may be the best thing to happen to the Internet today, it's...
Jack Schimmelman | Posted 08.17.2011
Central Park lights the stage in all her glory, for summer has arrived, voluptuous and steady. No longer do the denizens of the city fear nature's vacillating affection.
Jamyang Norbu | Posted 05.25.2011
I remember the exact night, thirty years ago, when I heard John Lennon had been murdered. I was in the hall of the kashag (the Tibetan cabinet) buildi...
Margie Goldsmith | Posted 05.25.2011
I was recently in Montreal at Fairmont the Queen Elizabeth Hotel, where John and Yoko bedded down.
Martin Lewis | Posted 05.25.2011
Early and tragic death of a hero, a leader, or a cultural icon produces reactions of greater intensity than the sad passing-on of a revered figure at a grand old age. Did we overreact to Lennon's death in 1980?
Karen Dalton-Beninato | Posted 05.25.2011
Among those sharing memories of John Lennon on what would have been his 70th birthday, no one was more directly affected by a Lennon song than poet John Sinclair.
Jon Wiener | Posted 05.25.2011
Lennon takes the chord changes of the classic rock n roll slow dance, plays them more slowly than they've ever been played before, and builds on them some of the most moving music in all of rock.
Holly Cara Price | Posted 05.25.2011
Lesley Gore proved herself once again to be the little lady with the very big voice at Joe's Pub in Manhattan on April 22.
James Boyce | Posted 05.25.2011
What hasn't been discussed about the movie Expelled is the fact that Yoko Ono either sold or gave the rights to "Imagine" to the producers of the film.
Hayden Bixby | Posted 04.03.2012