Change can happen quickly. If you allow it.
This is a photo of my son, Charlie, taken last Sunday. This is a photo taken of the same spot exactly three days later. It serves as a reminder for…
This is a photo of my son, Charlie, taken last Sunday. This is a photo taken of the same spot exactly three days later. It serves as a reminder for…
My four year old son, Charlie, drew a picture of his family at preschool last week.Here is his creation. See anything wrong with it? When he handed it to me,…
This was the fundraising letter sent to supporters upon Trump's announcement of the new travel ban, which was thankfully halted by a federal judge last night. The failure of…
Parents and teachers often tell students to "add more details" when commenting on student writing. It's one of the least helpful things that you can say to a writer. Have you ever…
As I write this, it is snowing outside. Meteorologists are referring to the storm as a blizzard. Much of Connecticut is shut down (though I just returned from a successful…
Few things have felt truer to me than this quote from the late Alan Rickman: I cannot tell you how many times a person has told me at the end…
I'd like to propose that we permanently retire the phrase "tore me a new one" and all its its variants as a means of describing a situation in which a…
Rule: If you have to say that you were the smartest person in the room, you were not the smartest person in the room. Not by a long shot. Corollary: Always allow…
It's snowing in New York today. This man is my hero.
Michael Bloomberg—three-term mayor of New York and the eighth richest man in the world—recently offered his insight in a New York Times piece entitled "Michael Bloomberg on How to Succeed…