“Are you a man or a mouse?” I must have heard this exhortation at least a few times growing up, probably mostly from my father. It has been a way that men have encouraged other men, especially youn...

September 01, 2011 12:53 PM | 0  | 8  | 

It’s summer. Yesterday I swam one mile back and forth, 18 times, across Lake Mohonk. I was drifting, just floating and breathing -- the water rocking me to sleep in the summer heat. It’s so easy to...

August 04, 2011 11:01 AM | 0  | 8  | 

Before O.J. Simpson and Casey Anthony there was only one crime considered to be the “Crime of The Century.” It was the kidnapping and murder of Bobby Franks by Nathan Leopold and Richard Loeb. Bobb...

July 14, 2011 01:10 PM | 0  | 8  | 

A few weeks ago, I wrote about one of my favorite topics: anger. It’s by no means my favorite emotion, though I certainly prefer it to panic, repulsion, and dread. But it is fun to write about beca...

July 07, 2011 01:13 PM | 0  | 11  | 

Do you think it is easy to come up with something funny to write about every two weeks? I can tell you right now that it isn’t, especially when you are someone who, in deference to his wide-ranging...

June 23, 2011 12:08 PM | 0  | 6  | 

I have always had a bit of an anger problem. I know evolutionary psychologists say that anger is built in, that it helps us defend ourselves against possible threats. But while that might have work...

June 09, 2011 01:17 PM | 0  | 4  |