I know I said that, but now’s the time to make an exception. A colleague once told me, “I’m not interested in politics.” I was taken aback. The man was well-educated, a history teacher who drilled his seventh-graders on the…
It could have been different A story in the New York Times broke my heart As tragic as the story is, it points to an opportunity to prevent more like it from happening. For someone with life experience and time available — maybe…
Meet the zillionaire whose penis will help him live forever It sounds like the pitch for a near-future sci-fi movie: a guy who’s made zillions in hi-tech startups at a young age devotes his time and fortune not only to…
Because showing up matters “I love funerals!” said no one ever I doubt even morticians say that. At least, not out loud. For the rest of us, there is no “fun” in funerals. That holds true even when they’re called something…
I have a weird compulsion My husband enters the room. I close my browser tab He glances at me. “You told me you’d stopped,” he says, and I know he knows what I’ve been doing. “You said you weren’t going to…