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Spring

Posted on April 18, 2012 by Suzanne Loebl

In spring, it is hard for me to stay home and tend to my computer. “Celebrate with me,” the world says. “Forget the cooking, the cleaning, your endless projects. Play. Your springs are numbered. How many more times will you … Continue reading →

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Diego Rivera and the Rockefellers

Posted on March 16, 2012 by Suzanne Loebl

“Are you going to write about the destruction of the Rivera mural at Rockefeller Center?” people invariably asked, when I told them that I was writing a book about the Rockefellers and their art sponsorships and donations. So I … Continue reading →

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Jobs, Jobs, Jobs.

Posted on February 28, 2012 by Suzanne Loebl

During a 1968 interview at California Tech, Professor James Bonner, a plant biologist, foresaw that in the future there might be so little work that obtaining it would require a medical prescription. The other day I remembered this forecast, as … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged atms, automatization, computers, economy, james bonner, jobs, labor, labor statistics, recession, technology, unemployment, work | 1 Comment

Discussing Birth Control a Century After Margaret Sanger

Posted on February 15, 2012 by Suzanne Loebl

The current discussion about birth control brings to mind Margaret Sanger, who a century ago fled her native land for Europe to avoid being put in jail for distributing birth control information via the U.S. Postal Service. Sanger spent the … Continue reading →

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The 58th Annual Winter Antiques Show

Posted on January 30, 2012 by Suzanne Loebl

In my innocence I believed that armories, whose function is to keep soldiers in shape between wars, were frill-less, like gyms. This is not so in the case of the Park Avenue Armory, built for the prestigious Seventh Regiment of … Continue reading →

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788 Riverside Drive

Posted on January 13, 2012 by Suzanne Loebl

“To leave is to die—a bit.” This French proverb came to my mind the other day when C., my former Riverside Drive neighbor, called to congratulate me about a magazine article extolling America’s Medicis: The Rockefellers and Their Astonishing Cultural … Continue reading →

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The Child in Me…

Posted on January 3, 2012 by Suzanne Loebl

…insisted that on the last day of 2011 I go to Fifth Avenue to share the city’s unabashed holiday spirit. Sidewalks in Midtown were unbelievably crowded with people from all over the world: Spain, France, Germany, Asia, and South America … Continue reading →

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To Have and Have Not: A Visit to New York’s Neue Galerie

Posted on December 19, 2011 by Suzanne Loebl

A German proverb: “Money is dirty, but one has to have it,” came to my mind as I went to see Ronald Lauder’s collection at his museum on Fifth Avenue. As always, the beauty of Beaux Arts mansion that shelters the … Continue reading →

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A Journey to America’s Newest Art Museum: Crystal Bridges

Posted on December 12, 2011 by Suzanne Loebl

For most of us, glory comes in small packages. So it was with immense pleasure that I journeyed to the Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art to deliver a talk entitled America’s Medicis: The Rockefellers and Their Astonishing Cultural Legacy. … Continue reading →

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On Public Speaking

Posted on July 29, 2011 by Suzanne Loebl

For as long as I can remember, I’ve been afraid of speaking in public. Since I love telling stories, my fear may have been one of the reasons for me becoming a writer. Once upon a time it was enough … Continue reading →

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