#steve ramos

Proposed office building recently approved in Charleston, S.C. (Board of Architectural Review)

Charleston’s modernist wannabes have placed their dream of more modern architecture in the hands of a blog called “Buildings Are Cool.” It is written by a young architect named Steve Ramos, who in a recent post asks “Why Charleston Lacks Contemporary Architecture.”

Actually, there is too much…

It’s easier to hate than to think

The GOP is like the man who rushes to the emergency room for a paper cut and demands major surgery to fix it, all the while ignoring the stage IV cancer that has spread to every part of his body. The Republican obsession with fighting same-sex marriage, demonizing Planned Parenthood, relentlessly trying to find Hillary guilty of something and the myriad other “the sky is falling” histrionics…

Gary Mortimer tending bar at the Backlot of Studio One with Liza Minnelli the night she bought out the room for Chita Rivera. (Photo by Gary Mortimer)

So, I’m going through my book, I Can See Clearly Now, looking for typos and whatnot. I’ve really had an incredible life. I’ve been at the top, and I’ve been so far under the rubble that I couldn’t see daylight. I’ve dated multi-millionaires (one of…

I don’t wonder what it would be like to have millions of dollars or a Beverly Hills mansion. I wonder what it’s like to go through one day without having to avoid the thousands of mental bomb craters left by a prolonged war with bi polar disorder and PTSD.

When I’m speaking or listening to someone, especially while conducting an interview for a story, I must ignore the ceaseless siege on my mind.…

Moore Helping Moore

Cars, battered by the EF5 tornado that ravaged Moore, Okla., on May 20, are abandoned in the…