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What City Singles Should Be Thankful For This Holiday
November 24, 2017
by Heather Robinson
From The New York Post
What are New York’s singles thankful for this season?
Are we thankful to live in a city where each new season brings an influx of men and women to this island of strivers and with them new opportunities for...
The Big Sick: Loving Across the Divide
August 2, 2017
My column in yesterday’s New York Post celebrates cross-cultural love, taking inspiration from this summer’s hit film, “The Big Sick.” Based on a true story, the movie tells the tale of a Pakistani...
A Good Start for Macron
July 18, 2017
As Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu arrived in France on Sunday, French President Emmanuel Macron condemned anti-Zionism as anti-Semitism.
In speaking this truth, the French President has joined the ranks of Martin Luther King...
Trump and France’s Macron: Much in Common?
July 14, 2017
President Donald Trump crossed an ocean this week to spend Bastille Day, France’s celebration of Independence, with the French, including France’s President Emmanuel Macron.
While much has been made of Trump’s remark to France’s first...
‘Wonder Woman’ Wins by Being Feminist Without Bashing Men
June 10, 2017
by Heather Robinson
From The New York Post
Warner Bros.’ “Wonder Woman” continues to break records as the most successful female-led superhero action movie ever — with New York packing theaters along with the rest of the country.
So what, exactly, is...
A brilliant metaphor?
June 3, 2017
In creating an image of herself holding a replica of President Trump’s decapitated head, Kathy Griffin made something awful. But she also created a brilliant metaphor for the way some on the left have treated this President and his...
Ways to Restore the Romance That Dating Apps Kill
May 18, 2017
by Heather Robinson
From The New York Post
From the mid-’90s arrival of Match.com through the launch of dating apps like Tinder in the early 2010s, technology has altered the way most big-city singles look for love — and not in a good way.
For many men...
Here’s Why Many New York Women Did Not March
January 28, 2017
by Heather Robinson
Sometimes strength of character means standing alone…
Last Saturday, women’s marches happened around the world, by some estimates drawing 400,000 marchers here in New York City.
These events, undeniably a...
A Call for Unity From New York City
January 13, 2017
In what promises to be a unique and memorable week for all Americans, the national holiday honoring the life of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. on Monday, January 16th occurs in the same week as the inauguration of President-elect Donald Trump...
Getting Past the Politically Driven Social-media Hate
December 30, 2016
by Heather Robinson
From The New York Post
For many Americans, 2016 was a year in which contentious political disputes at times spilled over into their personal lives, with social media pushing apart friends, neighbors and even family.
At the tail end of a...