Ray of light
My wife: I love what you're making over there. Clara: It's a refugee camp. That's a place for people who lose their homes in a war. She learned about refugee camps by…
Even in the darkest of times, you can find pinpricks of light. Here are a few from this week.
Sometimes the world can seem so dark.Between despicable acts of terror like the one in Manchester, despicable acts of fake terror created by the Trump administration like the ones in…
“Begs the question” brings joy to my heart. Rarely.
That moment when someone uses "begs the question" correctly and you feel like there is still hope for this world and you've found your people.
Worst obituary ever. Greatest correction ever.
Bob Hoover, aviation legend, died in October of last year. The New York Times published an obituary on the great man, which required the single greatest correction of all time. This…
A simple explanation of public opinion
If you replace the phrase “Americans think” with “Americans with landlines who answer unsolicited phone calls at dinnertime think” the world begins to make a lot more sense.
Seven and counting…
One of our Speak Up storytelling shows earlier in the year featured four former storytelling workshop students who have gone on to tell stories at Moth StorySLAMs in New York,…
Be happy for rule breakers
A rule I live by:If someone is breaking a rule, and the breaking of that rule hurts no one, always leave the rule breaker alone. Leave them be. Don't rat…
Baseball players are damn cowards
On Wednesday night, Toronto Blue Jays Jose Bautista flipped his bat at home plate before rounding the bases after hitting a home run. Flipped his bat. Tossed it into the air…
The Moth: The Robbery
In March of last year, I told this story at the Brooklyn Academy of Music about an armed robbery that I experienced in 1993. It was the hardest story I've…
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