How I Let Down My Forever Friend
I wrote a piece about my high school sweetheart for the Hartford Courant entitled "How I Let Down My Forever Friend."It published today.
An excellent explanation of Syria’s war
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…
Millennials are living at home in greater numbers than ever before. Are they just overly indulged wimps?
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…
Stop saying that women are beautiful.
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…
I have seen the devil, and he looks something like this.
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…
Boy vs. Girl: Episode 3 – Gender-Neutral Bathrooms, Salutations, and Bathing Suit Bottoms
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…
Two death bed mysteries and one piece of death bed advice
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…
7 more ways that saboteurs attempt to destroy workplace productivity
Last week, I wrote about the myriad ways that productivity is destroyed in the workplace — both intentionally, via an OSS manual from World War II, and through my own observations. Reader Anne…
Underoos: Possibly inappropriate. Mildly exploitative. Creepy, even?
I mentioned Underoos in class last week, and it turns out that none of my students are aware of the matching top-and-bottom underwear featuring superheroes, Star Wars characters, and other…
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