Don’t Let Yourself Be Too Complete

Nature and culture conspire to create people who are never quite complete. And it's a good thing, too.

Are Resumes Ever True?

Reflections on telling nonfiction from nonsense.

No matter how well you know a thing now, it will likely look different to you someday, after your next existential transition.

What gets measured gets done. But what can't be measured may be more important.

How I learned to see farther and understand more deeply by following my dog's nose.

While clocks and calendars turn, time itself just keeps moving forward.

In 20 years as a writer and editor, I've learned to give everyone the benefit of my doubts-or at least to try.

An open letter to my daughters in the wake of a disappointing election.

In a world of scalable solutions and networked knowledge, parenting still feels messy and old fashioned--for good reason.

Rare things are typically more valuable than common ones. Communications included.