58,000. That’s the population of the cities like Lancaster, Pennsylvania. Bozeman, Montana. Sanford, Florida. It’s also the number of names carved into the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall in Washington, D.C.…
OK. Here I am, a gawky, skinny 15-year-old walking into where he was talking, not nicely, to my mom. There he is, way bigger than me. He coulda easily killed…
I was four years old. My dad was on a gurney, on his way out the door to the hospital after a heart attack. He looked up at me and…
My freakin internet connection doesn’t work. To fix that problem my gigantic corporate internet provider sent me a new cellular modem. I had to ask what the hell that was.…
"Thus conscience doth make cowards of us all." That's Hamlet. And I've been thinking about it for a while now. I am lazy. Ergo, I don't read Shakespeare very thoroughly.…
Recently, I went online to book a room at a specific hotel in NYC. Clicked on "Reservation Desk." Thought I was talking to the hotel. Nope. I was on a…
An F-15E Strike Eagle, shot down over Iran. Both crew members ejected. The pilot rescued within hours. The second airman, a Colonel, spent more than a day evading capture in…
"Sir, it is with great humility that an insignificant example of the species homo sapien, a fluke of nature, such as I doth approach an omnipotent majesty, an exalted guardian…
It started with a French class. Brooklyn College, 1959. A discussion of the philosophical writings of Blaise Pascal — 17th century philosopher and then some. I had truly enjoyed the…
A message to you young folks. (Anyone under 70.) If you are as lucky and blessed as I am, and you become an octogenarian, this is for you. Getting old…