Sometimes when I write a column, I have to leave out information that I think is important, but which just doesn’t lend itself to the 900-word limit. So, some of the below includes kernels of prior ...

My children go to a Zionist Jewish summer camp. It’s the kind of place that instills pride in Jewish identity and love for Israel while giving kids the normal joys of camp: canoeing, hiking, and ...

My journey to becoming a Democrat started well before Donald Trump tried to steal the 2020 election in Georgia. There’s no date on a calendar or line in the sand that points to the exact moment in ...

After over four decades in commercial real estate brokerage and 10 years writing this column, I thought I knew how to tell a story. Then I decided to write a book. And I’m pleased to say it’s ...

Suddenly, I’ve got a big old case of writer’s block. The problem is … I don’t believe that there’s any such thing as “writer’s block.” It’s a myth. It’s not that I don’t have any ideas; it’s that I ...

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Rather than write a column for this Independence Day weekend edition of the newsletter, I decided to chat with Zaakir Tameez, a recent graduate of Yale Law School, about his new biography of Charles ...

I remember the first time I was asked to write a weekly column in July 1999. With my previous writing experience confined to news stories, features and editorials, I wasn't sure I could do it. But I ...

∼ ∼ ∼ This article is part of a series — At 250, Who Will America Be? — reporting on threats to American democracy as we approach the nation’s Semiquincentennial, on July 4, 2026. ∼ ∼ ∼ Of all the ...