Sports as an Opiate
Mort's twin grandchildren, Della and Marcus Maimon, start life early as Phillies fans. Marx (Karl, not Groucho) observed that religion,...
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- May 28, 2019
Worrying About Everything That Could Possibly Go Wrong
If being a worrier were considered a profession, I’d unquestionably be its best practitioner. Like the most adroit surgeon and the most...
- May 28, 2019
Beauty? Where? There!
A shovel rattles against a small plastic bucket, signaling that our seven-year-old granddaughter Rosie is impatiently awaiting our trip...
- May 28, 2019
Kindness Unifies
I’m sharing with you advice about accepting without sufficient thought two assumptions. The first one: if you must drive in bad winter...
- May 19, 2019
Snide Mr. Epstein vs. Productive Dr. Biden
After reading Joseph Epstein’s demeaning article about Jill Biden, whom he addresses variously as “Mrs. Biden,” “Jill,” and “Kiddo,” I...
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