John Cohn

Everybody loves a good secret.

Our appetite for rumor and gossip is apparently insatiable. This explains the enduring popularity of TV shows like Access Hollywood and TMZ.

Love him or hate him, Ted Kennedy was the last of his kind.

It was not simply that he was the last of four brothers bred for destiny. Or that his name was Kennedy. For five decades Ted Kennedy has been the essential stitching in the broadcloth of the American political experience.

Grab your duffle bag and get out your list.

Camera? Check.

Sunscreen? Check.

For the last several weeks, the automotive world has been buzzing.

First, the Cash for Clunkers program, and now G.M. is selling its cars on eBay, the world’s largest swap meet.

If you want to know where the economy is headed, ask a longshoreman.

Although few stevedores have graduate degrees in economics, these guys know the score.

A new term has found its way into the American lexicon.

Staycation.

Added to the 2009 version of Merriam Webster’s Collegiate Dictionary, it refers to the notion of a stay-at-home vacation. Frequently, staycation is interchangeably co-mingled with its companion term, daycation.

It was bound to happen eventually.

Maybe it was just too much too fast.

New Englanders are fond of saying, “No matter where you go, there you are.” While most of us chuckle at its quaint circularity, there is wisdom for the ages in this Zen-like phrase. Seven companies on government life support face a deadline. Each of these recipients of taxpayer bailout monies must submit its executive pay plans to the federal government for approval.

It was a dull day in hell.

Just for giggles, the devil emerged from his climate-controlled lair looking for a little monkey business.

Timing is everything.

Just ask actor Jeremy Piven.