Last year I pondered whether I should watch the new USA Network television series “Covert Affairs,” starring Piper Perabo as Annie Walker, a new recruit to the CIA. I told myself I would give it a chance and watch the first episode to see if I like it. The first episode introduced the viewers to…

My husband and I are retirees at-heart. We wake up really early (I’m here at 5:00am with my cup of coffee writing this), drink coffee, read the modernized paper (blogs, do homework, etc.). We watch CBS Sunday Morning with Charles Osgood religiously (one of us may even be subscribed to the show’s twitter feed). We…