Essays
Never an empty bed
My father flew B-17 bombers over occupied Europe in World War II. The planes, which took off from primitive airfields [...]
Damn Yankers
Dear Major League Baseball, I have tried to keep my temper under control, but since the murder of George Freud [...]
Apres mois, les avocats
Power of attorney is granted by one person to an anointed surrogate in the event the figure charged with decision-making [...]
Litte Miss Warming
My daughter Rebecca has turned down CNN and Fox. She will not be their COVID puppet. Not that they asked, [...]
The chalk circle
I agreed only reluctantly to have dinner with a friend and several of his acquaintances on the last day of [...]
Pick a flavor, any flavor
SUBJECT: Why you should hire my Rebecca Hi there CNN, I thought you might be interested in covering my story. [...]
Eaten alive
To celebrate the end of our local lockdown, I took my wife and two kids to dinner at Lupus, our [...]
Bonus points from The Man
The other day a CNN broadcaster stared at her audience and stopped midsentence: 90,000 Americans, she said with a sigh. [...]
Good-bye Analog Road
It's no surprise to me that the coronavirus is about to make the virtual side of digital life into the [...]
When talk isn’t cheap
One good thing should be said about President Donald J. Trump, and this comes from someone not remotely close to [...]
A hunchback named malaise
Italy has just begun the first phase of its coronavirus recovery plan. Factories are open. Citizens may visit local relatives. [...]
Can Rome’s restaurants recover?
Some of Rome's shuttered restaurants are not only closed but dying inside, leaving some owners both crushed and angry that [...]