I sometimes ponder the fate of my books. Will anyone read them a hundred years from now? Will libraries still have them on their shelves? Will they even exist? One…

I watched the final round of the Masters yesterday. I don't typically watch golf tournaments because watching other people play golf annoys me, as it makes me want to play…

You become a manager, CEO, Superintendent, team leader, department head, or the like. As one of the perks of your new position, you are assigned a preferred parking spot, presumably…

This is going to sound ridiculous, but when I first saw this silly little aphorism, it sang to me. During the most difficult period in my life — jail, homeless,…

Ten years ago today, I played golf with a guy who was working in the corporate world. He had a degree in math and an MBA, but he also had…

As my teaching career winds down and I get closer to retirement, I look back on someone near and dear to my heart: For the first 17 years of my…

My new humor column in the spring 2026 issue of Seasons magazine is about the hazards and struggles of watching your son play Little League baseball. It's titled "The Worst…

How long will I live? A tool developed by professors at the University of Pennsylvania seeks to answer that question. I didn't want to click and find out unless "Forever"…

As I come to the end of my 27-year teacher career, I have been asked this question quite a bit: Why did you never become a principal? The simple answer…

The Guardian publishes a "kindness of strangers" series that I really like. This particular story, short and sweet, about a stranger dropping $2 into a coin-operated ride to make a…