On the last day of the school year, I receive a lot of cards and letters from students expressing beautiful and hilarious and occasionally insightful messages to me.This year I…
When a boy plays sports well, we say that he is athletic. We refer to him as an athlete or a jock. We a girl plays sports well, we refer to them as athletes,…
I can't stand not knowing something that I want to know. While growing up, I didn't have an enormous amount of support when it came to academics, but my saving…
My son has been alive for more than 1,000 days. For the last 800 days or so, I have been the one to pluck him from his crib in the…
You're standing outside a friend's car. You want him to roll down his window so you can talk. If you're from my generation or one earlier, you make a rotating, cranking motion…
When I told my son that I couldn't fix his toy, he pushed me aside, grabbed the stool, found his way into a drawer with a screwdriver, and went to…
I have absolutely no experience writing or producing a television show, but if the studio is ever interested, I'd be willing to remake Lost, a show that I liked a…
Perhaps you've heard that Pope Francis has not watched television since July 15, 1990. TIME's headline read:Pope Francis Has Missed Out on So Much Good Television Since 1990 And yes, I…
At Starbucks’ annual meeting in Seattle last week, a shareholder complained to the chief executive, Howard Schultz, that the company had lost customers because of its vocal and economic support for same sex marriage and…
