A nod to Madame Clinton
On the eve of President’s Day, I found a photo that’s as close as I’ve ever gotten to a U.S. [...]
Rockabye sweet baby
Most of folk musician James Taylor's 170 published songs are about coming home – coming home to himself, really. In [...]
Miss Print
My daughter, Rebecca, has an überweird junior high school English teacher. Those are her words, not mine, since I’m stuck [...]
RFK Jr., Aslan, and me
I was the youngest in my small family, the baby, and was always considered the quiet and sensitive one. But [...]
Strangers and stories
Every night, when I tuck my daughter Julia into bed, she asks me to tell her a story. For a [...]
The kiss that roiled
My Italian doctor has decided: This time around, he’ll cheer for Trump. Though his vote of confidence is meaningless, his [...]
Monster or wizard
In the festive weeks leading up to Christmas, I was approached by a number of friends and acquaintances eager [...]
Gaza, the sequel
When Hamas carried out a bloody assault on Israeli citizens just outside Gaza, killing hundreds and taking hostages, veteran cynics [...]
All about war
Israel says war, and so it is. The retaliatory invasion of Gaza has by now become the Sherman’s March of [...]
