I've been learning French with Duolingo since our trip to Quebec City. 107 days and counting. I studied French for four years of high school and two years of college,…
Exciting news! My book, "Storyworthy," is being published in Czech. My books have been translated into more than 25 languages, but this is a new one for me. According to…
Last night, I was speaking to a storyteller at The Moth during intermission. I hadn't seen him tell a story in a while, so I asked when I might see…
The percentage of adults who did not live with a spouse or partner increased steadily up through around 2019, now hitting 44 percent. That seems like a lot of people.…
The good thing about the dumb things that kids say today is that they don't last long. Memes are born and die quickly in today's world because of social media.…
Elysha, Charlie, and I attended a performance by Arturo Sandoval, the world-renowned Cuban-American jazz trumpeter, pianist, timbalero, and composer, on Friday night at the Hope Center for the Arts in…
I recently heard about the parenting movement known as FAFO, an acronym for ”Fuck Around and Find Out." It describes a parenting style that essentially allows kids to experience the…
Harvard University has been consumed by an internal report arguing that grade inflation at Harvard has increased dramatically over the years. In the 2005-06 school year, 25 percent of all…
Speak Up Storytelling and Voices of Hope collaborate for the eighth time on Sunday, November 16, for another storytelling show featuring the children and grandchildren of Holocaust survivors, who will…
Four years ago, I had four Vietnamese boys in my classroom. During one of our many conversations about race, they expressed frustration over being referred to as Asian. Or even…
