Archive for October 2025
In defense of the common good
Our country is living through a fragile time. The divisions we face cut deep. Seeping into families, neighborhoods and the spaces where we once found common ground. Every tragedy seems to be politicized. Every hardship is turned into fuel for outrage. And every cycle of mistrust leaves us more likely to fracture than before.…
Read MoreA thank-you to my parents
Honor generational sacrifices with gratitude, not guilt. If you stop me on Locust Walk for a fit check, most of what I am wearing started in my mom’s closet. My apartment tells the same story, furnished with the “good” hand towels, the sturdy pots, and the dishes my parents once kept for guests. But…
Read MoreSave young men
How are young men doing? Terribly. We are unemployed, depressed and sexually inactive. We are struggling in education, job placement and social flourishing. We are the perpetrators of our country’s recent mass shootings and political attacks. After many generations of male dominance in almost every public realm, it can be hard to comprehend that men today are struggling. The collapse…
Read MoreTake the Road Less Traveled By
“I took the one less traveled by, And that has made all the difference.” Robert Frost, from “The Road Not Taken” A recent front page article in the New York Times re-kindled the never-extinguished fires of passion around gifted and talented (G&T) programs in New York City’s public schools. Aptly characterized as a “hornet’s…
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