Thoughts from my recent trip with friends to Bermuda: __________________________________________ Vacationing with friends was something I did a great deal when I was younger, but it's been a long time…

I first learned to drive using an automatic transmission. But shortly after getting my license, a girlfriend taught me to drive a manual transmission, and I loved it. I found…

When I was 22 years old, I was dating a girl named Christine. She and I worked at McDonald's restaurants on opposite sides of Brockton, Massachusetts. Christine was a college…

Just for the record, I agree with Ed Yong of The Atlantic in his piece: It’s a Terrible Idea to Deny Medical Care to Unvaccinated People Refusing medical treatment to…

Have you ever noticed that people who say "God only gives you what you can handle" aren't watching their children starve to death in Somalia? Nor are they imprisoned in…

Eleven years ago, I began a search that culminated in disaster last week. Elysha graduated from Smith College back in 1997. She adored her college experience, speaks of it often,…

It's my birthday today, and it's sure to be wonderful. A morning spent with Elysha and the kids before I head off to school to spend the day with two…