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...shock me that some of the retired Jews in Palm Beach may have miscast their votes. Although both of my grandmothers, who live just a few miles south of Palm Beach, know more about politics than any person with a job, they are stymied by technology. My maternal grandmother, Mama I, is so defiantly anti-VCR and cell phone that whenever she reaches her friend Roz's answering machine, she hangs up on it and says, "What does she need with that for? Like she's some big business executive...
...Still, Mama I, who often calls me by the names of her other grandchildren, Lisa and Julie, was pretty sure the Palm Beach Buchanan votes needed to be reconsidered. "How could you believe that what's his name got so many votes?" she asked. She would not admit that the old people were to blame for their inability to read a basic form, though she did concede to trouble with other basic skills. "Driving. Oh, boy! You could write a book about that," she said. "They go where they want to go, that's all there is to it. They...
...father's mom, Mama Ann, who lives just a few miles from Mama I, also blamed the ballots. "I tell you the machines are really a horror here," she said. "The lighting is bad. When you get older, you can't see well. I'm going to have to have these cataracts done one of these days...
...tale of a young woman who is held captive by a crooked mother-and-son team who attempt to convince her that she's the son's mentally unstable wife, "Julia Ross" is distinguished by topnotch camerawork and George Macready?s over-the-top turn as the middle-aged mama's boy who likes to play with his pocket knife. "So Dark the Night", on the other hand, is a masterful little whodunit about a French detective who faces the biggest puzzle of his career. The denouement of this forgotten gem is so potent that it was later used...
...else who has demonstrated perseverance is basketball player MICHAEL JORDAN. Since Jordan has lent his name to everything from cereal to underwear, why not a children's book? Salt in His Shoes (Simon & Schuster) happens to have been written by his mom Deloris Jordan and sister Roslyn M. Jordan. "Mama, how can I grow taller?" a young Michael asks his mother after losing a basketball game. His mother tells him that putting salt in his shoes will help. Though he doesn't notice any improved verticality, he keeps playing. It will come as no surprise that Michael realizes that hard...