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  • On the Importance of Shoes

    On the Importance of Shoes7

    I was serving as a Housemaster in an English boarding school when I finally learned the full importance of shoes. Every night after supper the boys would have an hour to complete their homework and get ready for bed. The bedtime ritual consisted of tidying their dorm space, having a bath or shower, brushing their

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  • On the ‘Times’ Machine: A Trip Into ‘The New York Times’ Past

    On the ‘Times’ Machine: A Trip Into ‘The New York Times’ Past1

    For my birthday this year, one of my sons gave me an unexpected gift. The brown box, rectangular and less than 2 inches wide, contained another slightly smaller box, black and classy, which in turn contained a complete and original copy of the Thursday, March 1, 1951, New York Times, the newspaper from the day

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  • On Syria and the Confusion of Consuming News in the Age of Trump

    On Syria and the Confusion of Consuming News in the Age of Trump0

    We were warned. What would happen? Who could we trust? In the era of fake news, “alternative facts,” insult, and innuendo, when the time came…who was to be believed? In the fog of war–even of limited war and tactical skirmishes–the truth splinters into half-truths, conflicting conclusions, and incomplete accounts. On Tuesday, April 11,2017, the Washington

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  • On Specialization and Psychotics

    On Specialization and Psychotics0

    Aspiring writers are frequently told that they should “become an expert in one thing” if they hope to someday make it big. However, in our hyper-specialized modern society, the advice is fitting for just about any profession. The path to professional and/or financial success usually involves choosing a focus area and steadily adding to one’s

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  • On Reparations: John F. Kennedy vs. Robert F. Kennedy

    On Reparations: John F. Kennedy vs. Robert F. Kennedy0

    When did the civil rights movement go off the rails? The answer is when proponents went from justly demanding equal rights to unjustly demanding equal results. As to exactly when this occurred, that’s more difficult to answer. But consider statements, made five years apart, from the Kennedy brothers, John F. and Robert F. Neither brother

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  • On Race, Can We All Lighten Up?

    On Race, Can We All Lighten Up?0

    On a beautiful Sunday morning, I was out of town for a business meeting in the city of Santa Barbara, California, an affluent area where the rich and famous live. Demographically, it isn’t exactly Wakanda. Before getting on the 101 Freeway for the long drive back to Los Angeles, I pulled into a gas station

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