I do not understand teenagers who fail to rebel
My wife tells me that a former student, now in college, is engaged to get married. I raise my eyebrows, surprised at the early age in which she has decided to…
In defense of revision
Two of my favorite television shows of all time, and two of my wife’s favorite television shows of all time, are remakes: Buffy the Vampire Slayer (a remake of a…
Visual representation of a specific human emotion
This is what “No, we can’t have ice cream for dinner” looks like:
Defending my biography
During a recent book event in Vermont, two different people assigned to introduce me jocularly questioned the various biography pages that I have scattered throughout the Internet. Specifically, a few…
Don’t upset the French.
In the real world, there is no equity when it comes to retaliation. You fire bullets at our ambassador’s house and we will fire rockets at your President. That, my…
Pugnacious, happily-married Franklin-like contemporary of Jennifer Egan
The always generous Jim Higgins of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel wrote a piece about me and one of my recent blog posts entitled Top 10 Ideas About Books. I’m not…
No limits on royalty. Or milk.
No classism in our little girl. No economic oppression either. Tonight we found a baby and a knight perched on identical thrones, both dining on what my daughter considers the…
First time in history that “Cleanest teeth” isn’t so great
Here are two maps revealing how each state shines and suffers in regards to science, nature, public health or social justice. The first map indicates the area in which each…
Totally hitting on me
A woman was looking at photographs of my daughter on my phone last week. After recognizing how beautiful my daughter is, she turned to me and said, “I’d love to…
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