While clocks and calendars turn, time itself just keeps moving forward.
Category: Musings
Listen Skeptically
In 20 years as a writer and editor, I've learned to give everyone the benefit of my doubts-or at least to try.
What We Must Accept, and What We Never Should
An open letter to my daughters in the wake of a disappointing election.
Why Parenting Has No App
In a world of scalable solutions and networked knowledge, parenting still feels messy and old fashioned--for good reason.
A Letter from Abroad
Rare things are typically more valuable than common ones. Communications included.
We Live in a Sliver
No matter where on earth you go, you're less than an hour's drive from outer space.
The Other 7 Billion of Us
Today, nearly everyone in the world chose not to kill anyone.
Brain-Building Advice from Sherlock Holmes
What you need to remember if you really don't don't want to forget.
America’s Greatest Memorial
Question: What should every American do on Memorial Day? Answer: Follow Abe Lincoln's lead.
Why Are People So Easily Deceived?
After watching another week of election-year shenanigans, my teen-aged daughter asked me a pretty adult question: “why are so many people so easily deceived? She was thinking of a particular set of people on one side of the political spectrum, but I thought bigger. The hard truth, after all, is that we’re all susceptible to …
