As the school where I once taught for 27 years invites children into its doors today for the first time this year, I have a confession: When I walked the…

After 27 years of teaching, I find myself sitting at home today as my wife, Elysha, returns to school for her first day of work. This is the first test…

Back in the early 1990's, when I was living in Attleboro, Massachusetts, with my best friend, Bengi, in a home we affectionately called The Heavy Metal Playhouse, we engaged in…

Back in 2017, a judge in Hawaii ordered a defendant to write more than 140 “nice” things about his ex-girlfriend after he violated a protection order. “For every nasty thing…

I am admittedly a reluctant atheist, but having grown up in the Christian religion and having read the Bible cover-to-cover three times, I have some knowledge of the Christian faith.…

Perhaps you heard what Georgia Senator Jon Ossoff said about Donald Trump in a recent campaign speech: “While the sailors on the Lincoln fight his war, while he fruitlessly drains…

September approaches. Teachers return to work. College students leave home. Perhaps you're starting a new project at your firm or hiring a new team. For many, many more meetings and…

If you're in the Connecticut area or love traveling to bucolic locations with great restaurants but limited attractions, here is our fall schedule of Speak Up events. Come out and…

I have always thought that the continent of Antarctica looked like this: Then I learned this week that Antarctica isn't at all what I've always envisioned. Beneath the ice that…

Someone recently told me: “If you’re going to have a difficult life, it might as well be childhood, since it’s so short.” I disagree. Wholeheartedly. I think it was a…