by Celia Rivenbark | Jul 16, 2018 | Weekly Column
In these fractured times, it’s nice to know there is one thing Americans agree on. No matter what region of this great country you live in, no matter what your political party affiliation, skin color, religion…when it comes to those neighborhood apps...
by Celia Rivenbark | Jul 9, 2018 | Weekly Column
As you all know by now Presidential Press Secretary Sarah Shuck-n-Jive Sanders was asked to leave the Red Hen Restaurant in Lexington, Va., last week. While others twisted and shouted about The Diss Heard ‘Round the Potomac—the restaurant’s...
by Celia Rivenbark | Jul 2, 2018 | Weekly Column
Donald Trump’s penchant for pardoning seems to know no bounds. In fact, Trump has said he is considering “thousands.” This is, almost certainly, hyperbole. After all, how would he have the time to carefully read the voluminous and scholarly...
by Celia Rivenbark | Jun 25, 2018 | Weekly Column
Kudos to the hierarchy at the Miss America Pageant for finally deciding to eliminate the swimsuit portion of the contest. The longtime defense of contestants wearing barely-there swimsuits as a demonstration of “physical fitness” was only...
by Celia Rivenbark | Jun 18, 2018 | Weekly Column
The Princess, now a senior in college, was explaining to me the other day that it’s very important to avoid the appearance of being “extra.” I had no idea what she meant. “Extra what?” I asked innocently. I usually use that...
by Celia Rivenbark | Jun 11, 2018 | Weekly Column
I’m digging the “apology tour” by the likes of Wells Fargo, Uber, Starbucks and Facebook these days. Someone’s been very naughty and, in a refreshing change of pace, they’re owning it. You can’t turn on the TV or open a...
by Celia Rivenbark | Jun 4, 2018 | Weekly Column
Let me be clear: I have nothing against Cynthia Nixon. She was great as Miranda in “Sex & the City,” both the HBO series and the films that followed. A tough-talking corporate lawyer with an occasional tender turn –who can forget when she...
by Celia Rivenbark | May 28, 2018 | Weekly Column
There was something about President Trump’s goofy “I hereby demand…” tweet last week that reminded me of Michael Scott, the famously dunderheaded boss in “The Office,” but I couldn’t quite put my finger on it. But then I...
by Celia Rivenbark | May 21, 2018 | Weekly Column
You have to admire the stones on Mark Zuckerberg. Rather than retreating to his climate-controlled sleep pod with unlimited Fruity Pebbles (just a guess) after a tough week testifying before Congress, he has roared back with the splashy launch of a Facebook...
by Celia Rivenbark | May 7, 2018 | Weekly Column
You know how awkward it is when you love to socialize with a group of couples but there’s that one…that one couple where you like only him or only her? She’s a grump and a gossip (which would be OK, except she only gossips about people you...
