A couple of weeks ago, I visited Northshire Bookstore in Manchester Center, Vermont, as part of my recent book tour for The Perfect Comeback of Caroline Jacobs. After the talk,…
Here's what I know: Humor requires patience. The punch line is almost always the last thing to be said, and yet so many people want to say it first. They…
I wrote a piece about my high school sweetheart for the Hartford Courant entitled "How I Let Down My Forever Friend."It published today.
I thought I understood the events in Syria, but it turns out that they were more nuanced and complicated than I had originally expected. This video explains things succinctly and…
You may have heard that millennials are living at home more than young people in previous generations. In 2014, the number of young women living with their parents eclipsed that…
I was speaking at a conference recently. There were seven speakers in all - five women and two men. Each of us was introduced by one of the organizers before…
You probably thought the devil looks something like this: Wrong. I have seen the devil, and he looks a lot more like this: For the record, I don't actually believe…
Episode 3 of Boy Vs. Girl, our podcast about gender and gender stereotypes, dropped today. Listen to Rachel and me discuss the problems with gender-neutral bathrooms, the need to change…
Why do we climb into bed at night but lie on our deathbed? Strange. Right? Speaking on deathbeds, why do so many people die in the absence of music? I…
