November 22, 2013 By Mickey Friedman I just learned that something I’ve been doing for decades actually has a word to describe it. Who knew that when I left a party without saying goodbye, I’d been ghosting. Or pulling a…
Searching for Peace and Falafel
By David Scribner November 16, 2013 Jerusalem If you’ve noticed I haven’t been in Fuel lately, conferring with Mickey Friedman — and perhaps you haven’t — or if you’ve been curious why my scribblings haven’t appeared in the local rag…
Some Lettuce and Tomato
November 8, 2013 By Mickey Friedman Mel was hoping he’d score some lettuce and tomato. And thanks to Guido’s, Mel and friends offered 108 people salad with the chicken dinner Ski Butternut donated. I joined Mel Greenberg and Jürek Zamoyski…
More Than Enough
October 14, 2013 By Mickey Friedman In The Best Small Town in America, it seems we never have enough. Year after year, we say goodbye to the old, then spend ever-larger amounts to build the new. This has happened many…
A Horse Named Sue
October 12, 2013 By Mickey Friedman If we lived in the Twelfth Best Small Town in America I probably wouldn’t say anything. But somehow here in The Best Small Town in America, a dollar starts out a dollar, but becomes…
I Miss You, Martin
September 16, 2013 By Mickey Friedman These are indeed great days for America. For as we celebrate the fiftieth anniversary of the historic March on Washington, there are everywhere the clear signs that the racial divide is dissolving before us.…
Jobs, Not Debt
September 1, 2013 By Mickey Friedman For the past two Sunday mornings, I’ve gotten to Fuel several minutes before seven. When I’ve seen men from the Department of Public Works emptying the trash cans on Main Street. They’re working hard…
Pity The Paranoids
August 18, 2013 By Mickey Friedman Pity the paranoids. This has not been an easy time for those who think they’re being watched. Remember when we thought paranoids had lost touch with reality. That, deluded, they had constructed a world…
Stand Your Ground
August 4, 2013 By Mickey Friedman We seem to compensate for our lack of control over the large events of life with an almost pathological need to exercise the little power we do have making others miserable. Wife beaters, bullies,…
Uzis-R-Us
July 22, 2013 By Mickey Friedman If you’ve been reading my column you know that when it comes to money I am pretty much without a clue. Which explains why Uncle Seymour has been nagging me for decades. “Get a…