I found something in my storage unit that reminded me how insane the run-up to the first Gulf War truly was
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I found something in my storage unit that reminded me how insane the run-up to the first Gulf War truly was
Read moreHow hard did you work to get where you are? How lucky were you? Are you sure about that?
Read moreA story about what it’s like to have a couple of Gen-Z kids who go viral.
Read moreI never thought I was a cruise person. And I may still not be. But a celiac disease-themed cruise opened my eyes.
Read moreI was taught that war was bad, but sometimes necessary, and eventually it ended. The latter two concepts seem to no longer apply.
Read moreI was born in 1973. Here’s how that’s gone so far.
Read moreYesterday the Washington Post told the story of Maria Farmer, an artist who was commissioned by the disgraced and deceased sexual predator Jeffrey Epstein to do some paintings in the mid-1990s. In reality, Farmer alleges, Epstein and his partner Ghislaine Maxwell used the opportunity to sexually assault her while she was held virtual prisoner in […]
Read moreMy kids are studying 9/11 in school. Yesterday my son was talking about it and described a video they watched featuring victims, family members of victims, and witnesses as “old people talking about 9/11.” He spoke of it in the same terms as we might’ve talked about History Channel shows featuring World War II veterans. […]
Read moreBaseball and literary legend Jim Bouton died today. He was 80. My full story about his life and work can be read over at the baseball site. Now, though, something personal. I have spent most of my life as something of a square peg in a round hole. I moved around a lot when I […]
Read moreFallen nobility, picking the losing side of wars, arbitraging the Black Plague and the other mistakes my family made.
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