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In Times of Trouble
WHEN WE WERE LITTLE THERE WERE MONSTERS UNDER OUR BEDS. Now the monsters are out. The…
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A Brief Tribute to a “Super Intelligence”
SEVERAL YEARS AGO, I wrote about my high school friend — not the already famous “Anchorman”…
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Out of Thin Air: The Broken Beauty of Kate Spade and Anthony Bourdain
THE MOMENT WILL COME when you know more people who are dead than who are alive.…
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Why Mars Matters: Elon Musk and Finding Your One Great Thing
NOT SURE WHETHER YOU NOTICED, but while you were struggling to find a new word for…
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I Remember Blaze Bernstein
I REMEMBER BLAZE BERNSTEIN. I remember countless synagogue services, Sundays at religious school drop-offs and pick-ups,…
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One Year Later
Washington, D.C. – Nov. 8, 2017 IT HAPPENED ONE YEAR AGO. I was here in Washington,…
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A Peek Into “Mercy”
HERE’S HOW THE WRITING PROCESS GOES FOR ME: Come up with a vague idea in the…
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The Country We Deserve
I ONCE WROTE ABOUT AN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL STUDENT WHO BLEW HIS HEAD OFF IN FRONT OF…