Probabilities and Preparation
Between 30 and 40 people died in Buffalo and Erie County as a result of the recent blizzard, according to news reports. Damar Hamlin, the Buffalo Bills football player who…
The Harder and Smarter I Work, the Luckier I Become
It’s not unusual for a professional sports league to admit after a game and review, that officials made errors in not making the right calls. Some of these affected the…
Guest Column: The Right Cite—Ignore at Your Peril
The Right Cite: Ignore at Your Peril Linda Popky Claudine Gay recently resigned as president of Harvard College. Her short tenure was tumultuous, with a disastrous appearance before Congress to…
World Class Dumb Responses and Questions
ME: What kind of cheese do you put on the cheeseburger? Waitress: Melted, sir. Worker: Your father was hurt on the job this morning! My Mother: Where is he hurt?!…
Nantucket 2012—11 Breaking and Entering
It all started when I learned how to lock the rear sliding door that leads to the beach. Famously, no one on Nantucket claims they lock their doors, but I’m…
Towels and Class
I’m at a luxury hotel in Puerto Rico where the staff is quite pleasant and the setting lovely. The food is good, the rooms well appointed. Yet at the pool…
Royalty and Ancient Ritual
Watching the marvelously-acted “The Crown” on TV, I’m stunned at the protocols of the British royals and I understand why Americans want to watch and savor royalty at a distance,…
See, It’s Called “Profit” and the Opposite is “Loss”
Many years ago my wife started a small business creating customer-designed exercise outfits and accessories. At one point she brought me a small piece of artwork she had been working…
Happy Easter and Happy Passover
Easter is the holiest of the holidays for Catholics and many Protestants. It follows a time of reflection (Lent) not dissimilar from Yom Kippur in that regard. And, of course,…
Sticks and Stones
Can it possibly be true that some universities have created a policy whereby any student can report and accuse any other of “making them feel uncomfortable”? My father used to…