Dear Ted Cruz,I feel terrible. You set the bar for being a good Dad. I failed miserably.Feb 24, 2021Feb 24, 2021
The Muddle“We learned more from a three minute record than we ever learned in school”Feb 9, 20211Feb 9, 20211
The journalThis spiral notebook is older than the internet. It was only two years old when a fire erupted in the house I shared with two friends on…Aug 26, 2020Aug 26, 2020
It turns out, this hitchhiker just might be a serial killerBefore social distancing became our national religion, I had planned to spend the spring of 2020 hitchhiking backroads south toward Key…Aug 25, 2020Aug 25, 2020
After George Floyd was killed by a police officer in Minneapolis, a friend asked, to no one in…Like most things in America, there are two answers to that question — one for white people, another for people who are black.May 28, 2020May 28, 2020
Missing my sonsOne Sunday a while back my older son and his girlfriend stopped by to say hi. They brought their dog Maddie over to play in the yard with…Apr 17, 2020Apr 17, 2020
Support the Troops — SubscribeI get up early most days. Sundays are my favorite. Before my morning run (usually with friends, these days solo) I totter out to the curb…Apr 5, 2020Apr 5, 2020
We are all talking about leadership. What about followership?Leadership matters. It matters a lot. In times like such as these, like it or not, the people we place in positions of power suddenly have…Apr 4, 2020Apr 4, 2020
My friend Mario, my Italian DadMy friend Mario was born on October 15, 1928, six days after Babe Ruth hit three home runs in Game Four of the World Series to beat the St…Mar 31, 2020Mar 31, 2020